Feb
Monkeyshines
Recently, someone’s “pet” chimpanzee went on a rampage. It seriously injured one woman with life-changing injuries. The animal attempted to attack police officers. It was shot, and it ran off and died. The chimpanzee had been a pet and was treated more like a child. It was reportedly “tame.” So how could this happen?
How could it not happen? As chimps get older, they become more difficult. A full grown chimp is much stronger than a human and can do great damage. As much as people like to anthropomorphize chimps, monkeys and other simians, the fact remains that they are animals. Making them pets does not erase their nature. The same goes for those who try to make pets of lions, tigers, bears and other dangerous animals.
Things are often what they appear to be. Our ability to alter them is less than their tendency to remain true to their nature. When it comes to animals, what you see is what you get. Dress it up or “tame” it, but it is still what it was born to be. Our efforts will not change its nature.
While our example uses animals, the lesson can be extended to many other things.
Is this an Uruz example? People trying to change Uruz into Fehu and failing miserably. Some things will be Fehu, some things will not. That doesn’t mean Uruz is bad. It is good for what it is good for. The world should have some wild things that cannot be tamed. When things retain their original nature this strongly, it inspires us to keep that which is best in our own orlog strong.
February 25th, 2009 at 2:25 pmIt is an example of Urus as a wild thing. It is also an example of Mannar, the Rune of identity. The fault in the situation was focusing so much on the “tame” behavior of the chimp that they ignored its true nature. I would guess they ignored or minimized small instances of wild behavior. No matter how domesticated the animal acts, its identity is still that of a wild animal. How often in life it is true that what you see is exactly what you get.
March 1st, 2009 at 12:39 am