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Cheetah
You might look like
a super-bad kitty, but I know you
won’t attack unless you are protecting
your cubs, and I don’t see any of those
around. You’re also not as fiercely armed in
the claws-and-jaws department as, say,
a lion. My best bet is to stand still, look
you in the eye, and either back up
or wait for you to pad away.
There you go. Good kitty.
Bear
Almost there, and there’s
a bear. Think, Red! I need to look
right into its eyes, and I may just have to
dump these muffins to save my own buns.
I’ll move back and make sure not to even
try to outrun it or climb up a tree. I might
play dead, curling up into a ball to
protect my stomach, throat, and
head. Once it leaves me alone,
I’ll make a run for it
to Grandma’s.

Giant Squid
Sheesh! Grandma really needs
to think about moving to the big city.
Look at you, you creepy carnivorous
calamari. The fact that you have a mouthful of
sharp teeth in that beak does not concern me.
You bite humans only in self-defense.
So the best thing I can do is keep walking.
And don’t even think about
squirting my cape with ink…
Musk Ox I just had it dry-cleaned.
Now, this is getting ridiculous.
Grandma taught me that musk oxen
defend themselves by herding together
with their sharp, pointy horns displayed.
It’s not natural for them to attack
humans, unless we get too close. So
I’m just going to take a shortcut
around Mr. Musk Ox so that I don’t
end up skewered like a kebab.

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