Stupid-human tricks.On "Live Prey for Dummies: Meerkats coach pups on hunting" (SN: 7/15/06, p. 36), real cats do this too. I have observed many adult cats teaching kittens (not necessarily theirs) to hunt. People who receive "presents" from their cats are not being gifted. The eats are trying to teach them how to hunt, but the cats probably think we are pretty dumb DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND. A man born deaf, dumb, and blind, is considered an idiot. (q.v.) 1 Bl. Com. 304; F. N. B. 233; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2111. DUMB. One who cannot speak; a person who is mute. See Deaf and dumb, Deaf, dumb, and blind; Mute, standing mute. . EMILY JOHNSTON Johnston, town (1990 pop. 26,542), Providence co., N central R.I., a suburb of Providence; inc. 1759. Among its manufactures are jewelry, textiles, and fabricated metals. Johnston is the home of several insurance companies. , WESTMINSTER Westminster. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 78,118), Orange co., S Calif.; founded 1870 as a temperance colony for Presbyterians, inc. 1957. It has several industrial parks. A U.S. naval weapons station and Los Alamitos Naval Air Base are nearby. , MD. |
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