B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for October 15, 2021

Evidently the Ankylosaurus ain’t a “good boy”

It’s probably a girl; they’re the worst kind. (Except for the boys, that is.)

Too bad, looks like a great pet.

Looks like history proves a lizard dinosaur isn’t man’s best friend. Oh well, maybe try the wolf?

It didn’t want to join the club……

You are either a friend or an enemy or food. Either way you get thumped. Just be glad he wasn’t hungry.

Offer food first

Sometimes it’s better to not push it.

Let them approach you and check you out first.

I think he got too close too quickly.

Caveman: “Who’s a good boy?”

Female club-tailed lizard: “I’m not a boy (WHAM!)”

Lizard brain has no room for domestication, but that fight-or-flight reflex sure is embedded.

Just because it worked on Wolfie doesn’t mean it works on all animals!

How many times have I said about my dog, “He’s a girl!” It must be much harder to tell on a lizard.

What’s good for one doesn’t necessarily work for another.

Obviously, being a “Good Boy” is not every ones goal in life.

There’s a big white dog that everybody thinks is mean. When I’m near, I always go over to his fence and pet him because he is not.

domesticating animals in the early years was fraught with danger. In the end we never domesticated the cat. However the cat did domesticate man as Garfield has proven.

you ruined its reputation.

The screening process for animal domestication.

Not all purple dinosaurs are Barney.

I’ve always wondered why all cats….even the big ones….respond to “Kitty kitty kitty”.

Yeah – I learned that lesson the hard way when I was 5 and I approached a strange dog…luckily for me he was on a chain and could only bite me once.

Looks like one of Kenny’s ancestors.

Please note that wolves and dogs are doing quite well these days – purple dinosaurs not so much.

Fortunately he was unsuccessful, otherwise today we could have one of those things in our living rooms or backyards.

At least he still has his hand.

Wolf: “Well, I am a higher form of life, after all…”

Know your audience!

Stupid is as stupid does … unlike the primitive who put you up to it.

Look at the tail of an animal before you pet it.

It could’ve worked if reptiles had had a chance to mentally evolve into social animals. I say “mentally” because I’m fully aware of how social birds are, but I aesthetically prefer reptiles.