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While doing scientific study deep in the Amazon rainforest, an ecology research scientist name Fred Hooper was thrilled to find a rare species. An animal so incredibly rare that noone had ever had one in captivity. Only occasional sightings had been reported of the small, rotund, furry little creature, commonly referred to as a Rarie. And now, Fred would have one back in his lab.
Unfortunately (boy, that word pops up a lot in these stories), the scientist was pretty much a hard boiled cynic, and only wanted the animal for scientific study, and was not interested in the creatures warmth toward all who were around it.
Also, over the next few weeks in captivity, Fred was shocked to discover the volume of food the (not so little anymore) creature consumed each day. It would awaken, eat a huge volume of fruits and grains, and then return to slumber. The cost of feeding the Rarie was bankrupting the laboratory. Fred, not being the warm and friendly type, decided to end the scientific study, and injected the Rarie with a toxin that would put it to sleep forever.
The injection (enough to kill an elephant) had no effect. So Fred decided to use ether over its face until it would breathe (and eat) no more. That didnt work either. Cynical Fred was becoming a bit un-amused, and decided that brute force would be necessary. He brought a dump truck to the lab, and had the Rarie (still sleeping) put in the back of the truck. He then drove to the edge of a huge precipice, and prepared to raise the bed, and allow the creature to fall out and to his end.
OK, dont panic folks; this has a happy ending.
Just as he was about allow the furry, not-so-little creature to roll off the truck, something happened that made the creature much more valuable than he had ever dreamed. It never occurred to him that this species could communicate with the human race. The furry animal awoke in time to look over the edge of the cliff, and turned with a tear in his eye, and SPOKE sadly to Fred, and said ..
(oy )
Its a long way to tip a Rarie
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While doing scientific study deep in the Amazon rainforest, an ecology research scientist name Fred Hooper was thrilled to find a rare species. An animal so incredibly rare that noone had ever had one in captivity. Only occasional sightings had been reported of the small, rotund, furry little creature, commonly referred to as a Rarie. And now, Fred would have one back in his lab.
Unfortunately (boy, that word pops up a lot in these stories), the scientist was pretty much a hard boiled cynic, and only wanted the animal for scientific study, and was not interested in the creatures warmth toward all who were around it.
Also, over the next few weeks in captivity, Fred was shocked to discover the volume of food the (not so little anymore) creature consumed each day. It would awaken, eat a huge volume of fruits and grains, and then return to slumber. The cost of feeding the Rarie was bankrupting the laboratory. Fred, not being the warm and friendly type, decided to end the scientific study, and injected the Rarie with a toxin that would put it to sleep forever.
The injection (enough to kill an elephant) had no effect. So Fred decided to use ether over its face until it would breathe (and eat) no more. That didnt work either. Cynical Fred was becoming a bit un-amused, and decided that brute force would be necessary. He brought a dump truck to the lab, and had the Rarie (still sleeping) put in the back of the truck. He then drove to the edge of a huge precipice, and prepared to raise the bed, and allow the creature to fall out and to his end.
OK, dont panic folks; this has a happy ending.
Just as he was about allow the furry, not-so-little creature to roll off the truck, something happened that made the creature much more valuable than he had ever dreamed. It never occurred to him that this species could communicate with the human race. The furry animal awoke in time to look over the edge of the cliff, and turned with a tear in his eye, and SPOKE sadly to Fred, and said ..
(oy )
Its a long way to tip a Rarie
