Something I like.
There are many things I like. Among the things I like are animals. I'll tell you a bit more about 2 types of animals.
You just knew that I'd talk about this type of animal.
The equine or equidae family of animals includes horses, ponies, donkeys, zebras, asses & mules. The earliest ancestor of the horse is the eohippus. That's where we get the name for the fear of horses hippophobia from. It's based on the Greek word for horse which can be seen from the fact that the 1st known book on horsemanship was called Peri hippikes & included a chapter on horse gymnastics or hippikes gymnasia & was written by Xenophon. 1 of the modern ancestors of the horse was called equus sylvestris & only had 64 chromosomes whereas the modern horse, equus caballus has 66. The names beginning equus come from equine which comes from the Latin word for horse. The Spanish word for horse caballo comes from equus caballus as does the Spanish word for horseman caballero. As well as the fact horses are powerful there are other reasons why horses were domesticated. These are that horses have an intelligence similar to our own in that they have memories, can follow a line of reasoning & make decisions based on their knowledge. We gave them culture by teaching them to dance to music. Most of the world would have been at a standstill at 1 time without them.
Now, I'd like to discuss ferrets.
Ferrets
Ferrets are domesticated Northern European polecats. Most of them look similar to Northern European polecats with the exceptions of albinos which are white with red eyes because they suffer from albinism which is caused by a lack of melatonin, golden & black-eyed whites & the like. They belong to the foumart section of the marten family. Fou meaning foul-smelling due to the fact that when they feel threatened they let off a foul smell which is a defence mechanism & mart short for marten. They're also related to stoats, weasels, otters & badgers in the animal classification group mustelid or mustelidae. They're obligate carnivores which means they can only eat meat or else they can become very ill. They're similar to pups as in they get a bit nippy in play but they're like that all their life. You know they're only playing if they dance & make a laughing (dooking) sound before they nip. If they dance & then let off a smell by scratching their scent gland you know to get out of their way as they're angry. They have been used for rabbiting & ratting for centuries. There are some myths that go around that put people off these beautiful animals that make good pets. These myths are that they're rodents. They're not. They're mustelids. They're rats. They're not, they're ferrets. They catch rats. They're nasty. Not if treated properly. They warn you before attacking. They smell. They only really smell if angry. You keep them happy & they don't smell. In the wild they're nocturnal. When you keep them as pets they adapt themselves to your schedule.
I also like reading, typing & singing.
I read a bit of anything but my favourite genres of book are literary classics, history, poetry & books on animals especially horses. I also like reading books on birds. My favourite non-fiction author is Neil Oliver, the T.V. historian because he really knows his onions, he engages you & gets you reading critically from page 1 as well as keeping you going & wanting more. My favourite fiction author is Charlotte Bronte because her books really engage you, keep you going & wanting more. I also like Charlotte Bronte because although she wrote her 1st novel, Jane Eyre under the pseudonym of Currer Bell & got it published by Smith, Elder & Co. in 1847 it was very hard for women to write at the time because women's place was seen as in the home looking after the house, husband & children & stimulating women's brains too much was thought to render them useless for their role in life so most of the time they received minimal education & went home on Monday afternoons to help their Mothers with the washing, Jane Eyre was seen by William Makepeace Thackeray, a leading author who wrote Vanity Fair among other books as the masterpiece of a literary genius & was later able to do away with her pseudonym thereby showing that women & literature mixed.
I'm absolutely fascinated by history, especially history of stage-coaching, soc. & economic history & history of medicine.
I enjoy singing an eclectic mix of songs from an eclectic mix of musical genres.
My favourite meal is cauliflower cheese.
I hope you enjoyed my piece on something I like & look forward to reading about what you like.
