In t?? ?nn?ls ?? ????t????k, t?? st??? ?? t?? ??? st??v?? t? ???t? ?n t?? t??cks st?n?s ?s ? c?illin? ??min??? ?? t?? ???k si?? ?? ??m?n ????vi?? ?n? t?? ????nt n??? ??? c?m??ssi?n ?n? ??s??nsi?ilit? t?w???s ??? ?nim?l c?m??ni?ns. T?is t???ic t?l? ??lv?s int? t?? ?????win? c?ns????nc?s ?? n??l?ct ?n? c???lt?, s????in? li??t ?n t?? ??in ?n? s?????in? ?n????? ?? inn?c?nt ??in?s.
Onc? ? vi???nt ?n? s?i?it?? c???t???, t?is ???’s li?? t??k ? t???ic t??n w??n ?? ???n? ?ims?l? ???n??n?? ?n t?? ??il???? t??cks, ?t t?? m??c? ?? ? w??l? t??t ??? t??n?? its ??ck ?n ?im. T?? st??k c?nt??st ??tw??n t?? l?v? ?n? c?m??ni?ns?i? ?? ??? ?nc? kn?wn ?n? t?? ???n??nm?nt ?? ??c?? w?s ? ???ntin? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ????ilit? ?? li??.
As ???s t??n?? int? w??ks ?n? w??ks int? m?nt?s, t?? ???’s ?xist?nc? ??sc?n??? int? ? ??l?ntl?ss ??ttl? ??? s??viv?l. D???iv?? ?? ????, w?t??, ?n? ??m?n c???, ?? ??c?? t?? ?n??t??m??l? ???n? ?? st??v?ti?n. His ?nc? ?l?ss? c??t ???w ??ll ?n? m?tt??, ?is ???? w??k?n?? ?n? ?m?ci?t??. Y?t, ?? cl?n? t? li??, t?n?ci??s in ?is ?i??t t? ?n???? t?? t??m?nt t???st ???n ?im.
P?ss??s??, witn?ssin? t?is ???nizin? si??t, w??? ??i???? wit? ??l?l?ssn?ss ?n? s????w. T?? ???’s ???s, ?nc? ?ill?? wit? ???? ?n? t??st, n?w ???? t?? ??ll?w?? ??z? ?? ??s??i?. C?lls ??? ??l? w?nt ?n?nsw????, ?n? t?? w??l? s??m?? t? t??n ? ?lin? ??? t? ?is s?????in?.
T?is t?l? ?? t?? ??? st??v?? t? ???t? ?n t?? t??cks ??in?s t? t?? ???? t?? ???v? c?ns????nc?s ?? n??l?ct ?n? t?? ???ssin? n??? ??? ???c?ti?n ?n? ?w???n?ss ????t ?nim?l w?l????. It s??v?s ?s ? s????in? ??min??? t??t ??? ?cti?ns, ?? l?ck t??????, ??v? ???-???c?in? c?ns????nc?s ?n t?? liv?s ?? t??s? v?ic?l?ss ??in?s w?? ????n? ?n ?s ??? t??i? c??? ?n? w?ll-??in?.
T?? t?????? ?? t?is ???’s st??? ?n???sc???s t?? im???t?nc? ?? ?????tin? s?s??ct?? c?s?s ?? ?nim?l c???lt? ?n? n??l?ct. B? s???kin? ?? ?n? t?kin? ?cti?n, w? c?n ?? t?? v?ic? ??? t??s? w?? c?nn?t s???k ??? t??ms?lv?s, ???vi?in? ???? ??? t?? c??ntl?ss ?nim?ls s?????in? in sil?nc?.
M????v??, t?is t?l? ??m?n?s int??s??cti?n ?n? ? c?mmitm?nt t? ??s??nsi?l? ??t ?wn??s?i?. O?? ?nim?l c?m??ni?ns ??? n?t ?is??s??l? ??ss?ssi?ns; t??? ??? livin?, s?nti?nt ??in?s t??t ??l? ?n ?s ??? l?v?, c???, ?n? ???t?cti?n. It is ??? ??t? t? ?ns??? t??? ??? t???t?? wit? t?? ??s??ct ?n? ?i?nit? t??? ??s??v?.
