{"id":638,"date":"2010-10-18T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2010\/10\/18\/meep-meep\/"},"modified":"2010-10-18T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T17:45:00","slug":"meep-meep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2010\/10\/18\/meep-meep\/","title":{"rendered":"Meep Meep!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve discovered another reason to keep cycling on rainy days<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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That’s the second one this month! The first was a scruffy little fella who suddenly appeared from a patch of mist in the cemetery when I was out for a run; he looked terrified, and ran away immediately. Today’s sighting was a magnificent specimen: fully grown, with a gorgeous coat and big bushy tail, a brave and handsome boy who stood and watched me for a while before deciding I wasn’t a threat and getting on with his day.<\/p>\n

I used to see foxes almost every week on my bike commute in Glasgow – usually in the woods, but sometimes in the vet school campus where I worked – and it always made my day. Coyotes still seem terribly exotic to me, and the sightings are rarer, so that thrill goes double. <\/p>\n

I wasn’t scared at all – hey, if he’d started chasing me he’d no doubt have slammed into a cliff or fallen into a canyon within a few seconds* – but it was a great reminder of why the cats need to stay inside at night!<\/p>\n

ETA: right on cue, the BBC have an article<\/a> today on the role of cemeteries in preserving urban biodiversity! <\/p>\n

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*hi, Facebook and Twitter friends! Yes, I recycle my jokes for the good of the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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