I enjoy living in the country with the wildlife, beautiful sunsets and so forth. Today, however, I saw something disturbing. I was going to take a picture but I couldn't even bring myself to do that. And, honestly, it probably isn't that big of a deal but it is still bothering me.
I was outside with the dogs. I turned around and there was a grasshopper crawling on a tree I was standing by. Being the "sciency" person I am, I always examine bugs and so forth a little more than the normal person. This grasshopper wasn't okay. The grasshopper looked "different" but upon closer examination this grasshopper was missing all legs but the front two on the left and the very front one on the right. The only portion of the grasshopper left below the thorax was the abdomen. No wings, no back legs.........it was just not right.
What I saw when I looked at this grasshopper was torture. What I saw was mutilation. Now I imagine there wasn't something out there that set out to "torture" or "mutilate" this creature but for some reason that's where my mind led me to. I sit here now and ponder why. Subconsciously, why?
I have told myself that a bird had tried to feast on this unlucky grasshopper and he somehow escaped his final demise but that has not erased the image from my mind nor this uneasy, disturbing feeling I continue to have nearly 9 hours later.
Why?
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