My bird book describes these doves like this: "Inca Doves are characterized by their acute paranoia, which manifests itself by the appearance of
ingratitude. You give them copious amounts of food out of pure altruism, and they gorge on it like an entitlement fallen from Heaven; then, upon catching the slightest glimpse of you, they scatter, distrusting you to the core despite everything you've done for them. Perhaps they flatter themselves into believing you want to eat them, even though they are half the size of the juicier and slower moving Mourning Dove. Besides
scavenging for handouts, their hobbies also include reproduction and excretion."
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Hmm. You could almost replace the words "Inca Dove" with "children" and it would work about the same.
Actually, I was thinking of substituting "students."
The funny thing is, this morning one landed about a foot from me. We stared at each other a moment, then I said "hey dove." It freaked out, causing me to do likewise.
I had no idea that bird books had such "attitude." Cool.
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