If you have the stomach for it, it’s fascinating to watch terriers hunt for rats. What seem to be cute and charming family pets are actually perfectly bred hunters. It changes how you see them shake their toys, and you understand why so many dog toys have a distinctive squeak.
While reading this I had the feeling that I had seen something very similar, but could not for the life of me remember what it was. It turned out to be one of the short films on Netflix that Wes Anderson did [0]. Each of them is worth a watch IMO.
If you have the stomach for it, it’s fascinating to watch terriers hunt for rats. What seem to be cute and charming family pets are actually perfectly bred hunters. It changes how you see them shake their toys, and you understand why so many dog toys have a distinctive squeak.
https://youtu.be/GO_xkUcVea8 (NYC)
https://youtu.be/5_qUdwfxBVQ (on a farm)
Definitely morbidly fascinating! The efficiency, the scale of death, the way pack behavior maps effortlessly to hunting.
While reading this I had the feeling that I had seen something very similar, but could not for the life of me remember what it was. It turned out to be one of the short films on Netflix that Wes Anderson did [0]. Each of them is worth a watch IMO.
0: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/wes-anderson-netflix-...
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