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Animals and Pets

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[Image description: our nine month old gets to feel a pig's back while I hold her over the pen wall]

The town library hosted a meet-the-animals event with a vet tech explaining how to recognize and respect animals' interaction thresholds. The bunnies and chickens were old news for Juniper, but the pigs were fascinating after some early skepticism.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Two weeks ago I saw a couple wild hogs with their young whilst walking through the forest. And even though they didn't react to me, I am still a little bit terrified

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oof, yeah. I would be feeling the same way