My old roommate Jed was more amused by the cruelty of nature than I could ever be, and coming from a rural place, was fond of anecdotes about city slickers being mangled because they were too affectionate or trusting with wild carnivores. Once he told the rest of us a story about watching a video where somebody filming a baby seal got their face bitten nasty.
Around the same epoch of my life, I became acquainted with the Wu-Tang Clan’s first album. In the song “Shame,” Raekwon the Chef says, “When you see me on the reel, formin’ like Voltron, remember I get deep like a navy SEAL.” Perhaps because of Jed’s rude little tale, I really thought that guy was saying, “Remember I got teeth like a baby seal.”
It makes sense. Like, a baby seal is cute, but harbors deadly weapons. Beware, despite Raekwon’s good looks, he can hurt you. But no, he was not likening himself to a juvenile pinniped. All these years later, my dreams remain crushed.
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That’s funny.
Animals that don’t belong to me don’t get touched and unless they’ve got their owners there even approached , period ! Especially if they’re wild! I remember when I was a kid several people got mauled because Disney films made wild animals too cute and refused to show predators actually killing prey.
yeah, jed had another story involving a bear and decapitation. was it real? it was plausible.