Discounting the cases where the animals are ravaged with some disease, or abused to the point where they lose their majesty, animals of any sort naturally inspires a sort of awe, if you're sensitive towards those things.
It might be the majesty of a big cat, the dainty, quick cuteness of a domestic feline, the staunch look of a lizard, the eerie, human resemblance of a giant panda. They just have this sort of majesty humans don't.
Well, I suppose the human form is quite lovely too, if only they don't ruin all that lovely impression by speaking.
If I have my way, I'd have at least two furry creatures padding around the house.
A friend of mine has 14 (at last count) cats going in and out of the house throughout the day (being cats). I think that's wonderful.
I'll leave you with this picture of Tasmanian Tigers (now extinct).
Aren't they lovely? Dog-like with tigers' strips. Australia has a wonderful mix of animals so extraordinary you can't believe they're real.
* I met a dog in bad shape today. I don't know if it's the natural ravages strays go through, or if it was abused. It had haunting eyes - one brown and one black, used to give me a fleet, haunting look.
In the same vicinity, I saw a quick, adorable cat moving between tables soliciting for food. I noticed a long, wide scar on its back in between fish-feeding cycles.
Now, I might be paranoid and very cynical, but I suspect abuse.
I feed the strays outside my house. We have an odd sort of friendship. One of them is quite aggressive towards other dogs, and probably get into fights quite a lot (comes with the territory of being aggressive, I suppose), but they don't have scars or injuries that look like that. Both those animals have injuries that looked unnatural.
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