ALIENS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM ARE MEERKATS

I don't like them. But that's not too unusual. I don't like mice, rats, hamsters, prairie dogs, guinea pigs, ferrets, anything that's rodent by design or appearance.

Animal Channel used to have a series about the meerkats. I wondered why. I watched one night for ten minutes or so. They're too disgusting looking for me. When they stand straight up, well, they're just spooky. Abnormal. In human. Oh yeah, I guess all animals are. But they look like alien drawings come alive.

A few weeks ago at the San Diego Zoo a woman passenger behind me on a park bus was gushing over them. Even when she couldn't see them. When I graciously pointed them out to her, I thought I was going to get hugged and kissed for making her day. I didn't look too closely at her. Maybe she had antennae or no ears. I know she had hair. But who else might like an alien that much?

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