2- 1
OUT OF THE TUNNELS- BETTER
HEARING, MAYBE, IN JUST
ONE OR TWO GENERATIONS
ON LAND, THE SOUND AROUND
IT
GREW AS ITS EARS GOT
BIGGER
AND DEFENCE AGAINST THE
SEA
WEAKENED, ITS MOMS WOULD
GAIN
ENOUGH HEARING TO REALIZE
TUNNELS WERE BAD FOR
BABIES;
IMAGINE BILLIONS OF THEM ALL OVER
EARTH CLOSE TO THE
EQUATOR,
WERE LIKELY TAKEN BY ITS
MOMS
OUT OF THE TUNNELS AND
INTO
SOLO DENS WITH ONLY ONE
ENTRANCE,
THAT WOULD BE A MILESTONE;
ITS BRAINS AND EYES LIT
UP,
HEARING AND SCENT WORKING;
NEAR TREES IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN INTERESTED
IN EVERYTHING IT
DISCOVERED EACH DAY,
GROWING, AN OMNIVOROUS
DIET MAKES
FOR STRONG, HEALTHY BABIES;
MAYBE IT HAD NO FEAR, FIRST IN
THE FACE OF DANGER;
HUNGRY AND ALWAYS GROWING
BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN
PREVIOUS GENERATIONS;
GROWING LARGER, STRONGER,
FASTER, PLAYFUL, HAPPY,
LIVING NEAR TREES,
IT MIGHT HAVE SPENT ALL
OF ITS TIME RUNNING,
REACHING, CLIMBING,
STRETCHING; LEAPING;
BABIES BORN IN BURROWS
WITHOUT SHELLS, MAYBE
ITS SHELLS THAT HAD
FORMED ON RIB FRAME
WERE TOO SLOW TOO GROW,
AND HUNG IN CHUNKS,
THEN FELL OFF NEW FUR;
ELEVATED TO BRANCHES,
HUGE LEGS DEVELOP
RETRACTABLE CLAWS,
LIKE A PARROT’S BEAK,
PROTECTED BY A PARROT’S
BEAK, IT COULD HAVE
BEEN VERY QUICK, IT
WOULD HAVE HAD TO BE
A GREAT KILLER TO
CREATE PEACEFUL
ENVIRONMENT TO
RAISE ALL OF ITS
COMMUNITY’S INFANTS
WITHOUT HAVING TO
RUN FROM CONSTANT
PREDATION FROM
CARNIVORES THAT
MAYBE LOVED THE
TASTE OF ITS BABIES
MORE THAN ANY OTHER
FOOD THEY’D EVER EATEN;
MOST MIGHT HAVE LIVED
OUTSIDE NEAR FORESTS
AND JUNGLES, SCORCHING
GRASSLANDS, MAYBE IT
RESORTED TO TREES
FOR MILLENIA OF
OMNIVOROUS DIET;
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