Sharing our world with other creatures.
The picture on the left, is the pile of left overs from the rodent feast on the grapes on the grapevine the night before.
Our yard is a strata title block. The original block belonged to a retired farmer. Its full of fruit trees and there is a large grape vine that has ended up in our yard. There is plenty of tucker for small creatures.
Usually the word "rat" brings a reaction of disgust from most people. There are good reasons for that. The rat has been the carrier of deadly disease. Yet the rat is always with us.
The cat is always with us too. This fellow in the second picture sitting a safe distance away, but bold enough at that distance to sit there while I took its photo. We don't own a cat but the neighborhood cats have worked out between them who owns our yard.
The cats stay out of the backyard mostly. That is the domain of the Jack Russel terrier who lives with us.
Between the cats and the Jack Russel the rats get a hard time. We used to poison and trap the rats but that has its own problems.
At this stage, I think, we all seem to have an understanding with regard to the environment we share. Even, If it it means cleaning up the left overs from another creature's evening meal.

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