Image: “Coyote 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 23 July 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Coyote 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 23 July 2024, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
INTRODUCTION
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
NOTE
VIDEO CREDITS
CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
Dear Ones,
Here is a gruesome video about a Coyote that catches a Mother Pack Rat.
Mother Pack Rat: God protect me! Oh, God!
Coyote: I will not stop!
Mother Pack Rat (anguished): Ahhhh!
Coyote (very very faintly):
CAUGHT a Rat! It TASTES good!
… (louder, lightly, delighted):
I ate her up! … (exulting): ATE HER UP!
Mother Pack Rat (faintly, inside the Coyote):
Go-o-od hel-l-lp me!
Coyote: ATE her UP!
Mother Pack Rat (faintly, inside the Coyote):
Oh, God, my Babies!
Oh, God, my g-dd-mned Babies!
Oh, God, my g-dd-mned Babies!
The Cat just came in. She said, “They caught a Rat out there.” Then they started making that sound that was a lot louder earlier. And just now you heard the Coyote say … very quietly, it said, “Caught a Rat. It tastes good.” Did you hear it?
NOTE: A little later there was a pathetic plea from the Babies, who were nearby. They said their Mother died. They asked a Mother Pack Rat who lived nearby if she would help them.
She said: No, I will not help you. You will die. Lie down. It will not hurt much.
The Mother Pack Rat has a concern that Human people will turn against the Pack Rats if they hear this.
But I am sure you will understand that life hangs by a thin thread for Mother Pack Rats in the heat of the Southern California summers.
The Mother Pack Rat cannot share her Babies’ food with the poor little orphaned Babies because there is barely enough for her own babies to eat. She doesn’t want the orphans to pass on, but were she to accede to her concern for them, all the Baby Pack Rats might die. Then what good would her empathy do?
These are the hard choices with which Mother Pack Rats are faced in a Survival environment.
VIDEO CREDITS
“Coyote Catches Mother Pack Rat”
By Alice B. Clagett
Filmed and produced on 24 July 2026
Location: San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, CA
Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International –
By Alice B. Clagett
Nature scenes outdoors are documentaries. Animal talk on the videos is really true; it is not dubbed or AI.
“Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” –Benjamin Franklin, 1722
Image: “Self-Portrait,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 February 2026, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Self-Portrait,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 February 2026, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
INTRODUCTION
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
COMMENTS
VIDEO CREDITS
CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
Dear Ones,
This new version of the video includes a hello, a goodbye, and a disclaimer. The original video is repeated so you can turn up your audio volume and catch what is being said by the wild animals.
The video offers advice to apex predators, both human and nonhuman, about how to survive during geostorms, especially those caused by X-flares. There are also examples of Mountain Lions speaking on the Wind. I call this the ‘Fearsome Wind of the Mountain Lion Tribe’. Then at the end of the original video clip I express that I, amongst all the beings on Earth, have my own Free Will, and a right to Freedom of Speech … the more so because I am a first-born human woman!
I am for non-speciesism here on Earth, as may be seen in my blog category: Human species and interspecies and extraterrestrial communication – Universal kinship – All-sentience – Moral inclusivity – Non-speciesism … I have to admit, my non-speciesist stance hits a snag in this video.
“New Version with Comments: X-Flare Advice to Apex Predators ~ and ~ Showdown with Mountain Lions and Ravens”
By Alice B. Clagett
Hello, Dear Ones, It’s Alice. I Am of the Stars.
This video clip from Paramount Ranch has to do with how Apex Predators, whether human or nonhuman, can survive a series of X-flares without danger to themselves.
. . . . .
[Turn Audio up high so you can hear the Ravens
and the Fearsome Wind of the Mountain Lion Tribe.]
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [Fearsome Wind]: “Mike Dunn will fly” is what
the Mountain Lion says.
Alice to Readers: I just heard a mammal say, “Mike Dunn will fly!”
and then I heard a Hawk cry, “Keee! Keee! Keee!”
Mountain Lion: Oh, Jesus Chr-st! That Woman does not know
that a Mountain Lion is talking to her!
[Could it be that the Mountain Lion thinks this is
the name of the Hawk? Could it be that is the name of
a Sorcerer who flies on the wings of a Hawk,
as in the Native American legends?]
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hawk: That Woman is not all …
Hawk to Mountain Lion: She can’t HEAR you.
Mountain Lion to Hawk: That will be Quite clear! Mike will let this …
Alice to Readers: I hope I got it [the call of the Hawk] right this time. Prior to that, I was discussing …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hawk (continued): … COVID-stricken …
Mike says, “Let that go.” Okay.
Alice to Readers (continued): …with the Birds about Alpha Predators
and how it’s possible that that Hawk got upset.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: A Hawk is an Alpha Predator …
Mountain Lion: “Yeah, right, it IS an Alpha Predator.”
Alice to Readers (continued): … of the sky and it could have been influenced by those six …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … X-flares [in the first six days
of February 2026] to that kind of unusual behavior, …
Mountain Lion: Could it be that’s …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): …you know. And in general,
my advice for Alpha Predators, both the wildlife and the people, …
Mountain Lion (continued): … true?
Hawk to Mountain Lion: D-mn right! It Might be true.
Mountain Lion: Might be …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … might be true?
Alice to Readers (continued): …is that they in particular
have to be very careful …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion: Could it really be that is true? I
will speak to the other animals.
Alice to Readers (continued): … during the X-flares because
they’re so capable of … inflicting a great deal of damage, you know,
to … other people and to other animals … much more …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … so than most people.
And so my advice to the Hawk was to be very careful not to do that.
Because if …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … people get very upset,
why then they’re likely to do something about it.
Mountain Lion: This will be true.
Alice to Readers (continued): … And if other Hawks see you …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … doing really weird things,
I’m afraid they might come up with something.
Father Raven to Alice: They will not!
Alice to Father Raven: You don’t think so? They …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … let the Hawk go. I don’t know.
Father Raven: Mike Dunn went a-way!
Alice to Readers: What I found with the Law of Karma
is that if something really weird …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … and out of the ordinary
like that happens, something else happens to make it even out, …
Father Raven: Mike Dunn will fly off!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … you know? But the Birds
don’t agree with me. They think the Red-tailed Hawk is so huge that …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … nothing could interfere with it.
Alice to Birds: How about other Red-tailed Hawks?
[Could they interfere with it?]
Nanday: Yep, they could!
Father Raven: No! They could not kill bad Hawk.
. . . . .
Ground Hog: They don’t congregate like that.
Alice to Ground Hog: They don’t congregate like that?
Alice to Readers: Okay. He [the Raven] says they’re not like …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … the Ravens. The Raven says they
[the Ravens] congregate together.
Father Raven to Alice: They are not like that Hawk at all.
Mother Raven: No, not at all.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Not like a Raven.
Solitary bird. Did you hear that?
Father Raven to Alice: They’re not like that.
Mother Raven: No, not like that.
. . . . .
Hummingbird: They’re not like the Ravens at all!
Father Raven to Hummingbird: No, not like that [at all]!
. . . . .
Alice to Hummingbird: Is that Hummingbird?
Hummingbird to Alice [in a hushed tone]: Yes. It is.
Alice to Hummingbird: Hi, Hummingbird!
Raven [speaking for Hummingbird]: I don’t want to Talk to you.
Hummingbird to Alice: We Think that is true.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Hummingbird says, “We think that’s really true.”
Hummingbird’s very quiet today, I think, because …
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Please Go away.
Alice to Readers (continued): … it’s a colder day … in the 60s [Fahrenheit scale] and Hummingbird needs to keep warm.
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hummingbird: Go ahead and say what you are feeling.
Hummingbird to Alice: Oh, Please stop talking.
Mountain Lion to Hummingbird: That’s it!
Alice to Readers: My arm’s getting so tired. [I’ll] try something else.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And the road is all full of water.
You have to go …
[Mountain Lion is joking and making fun of me.]
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … around. It’s a flat road. That’s why.
Very flat road. Oh, it’s all wet. Oh, …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … no. My shoes will get all wet.
And then Ravens will say, “Not that wet. Not that much water.”
Mountain Lion: That will be what is really …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … really true about it.
Alice to Readers: It’s kind of true!
. . . . .
Male Raven to Alice: It’s not That [much water].
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Big mud puddle. Big one.
Father Raven [speaking to Alice, but playing up to Mountain Lion.
You can tell by the mocking tone of voice.]: Not That much water.
Mother Raven [seconding her husband]: No, not that much.
Mountain Lion: Right.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Yeah, it is always like that when it rains.
And it wasn’t that much …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … rain today.
Next week it may rain some more, they say. We’ll see.
Mountain Lion: Oh, God, no! Not that much rain.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens [Shows reflection of a mountain in the mud puddle[:
Looks like a mountain in the water.
Father Raven: No, It does not!
Mountain Lion: Yes, It does look like a mountain in the water.
But it’s not really a mountain.
Alice to Ravens: It’s not really a mountain.
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [sounding like he’s reflecting on this]: It’s only a reflection.
Alice to Ravens: [It’s] a reflection of the mountain.
Re-flection. Looks like a mountain; …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … not a mountain.
I wonder if you guys can see the reflections, too.
Mountain Lion: What is all that …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … explaining about the d-mn mountains
all about? And by the way, I don’t want you to talk about those
Mountain Lions at all. Not to anybody at all!
Raven to Alice: Don’t talk about Mountain Lion!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I think that’s Raven.
He was saying there was COVID-stricken.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And I said: “Is that for a Hawk?” And he said, “D-mned right.”
Raven: That’s not right!
Mountain Lion to Alice: No, They are not upset with the Hawk.
Alice to Readers: They’re upset with the …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … Hawk. Being very careful.
I don’t blame them one bit. Not one jot.
. . . . .
Father Raven [jeering]: RA-vens DON’T like THAT!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Can you hear that? It’s a jeer.
Did you hear that?
Mountain Lion to Alice: No! I did not!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Raven says, COVID-stricken. COVID-stricken.
Alice to Birds: Did I say that right?
Songbird to Alice [muted]: Yes, You did.
Alice to Songbird: Thank you.
. . . . .
Alice: I said something right!
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [mulling this over]: “That COVID-stricken thing
is not for me.” That’s what she is saying.
. . . . .
Alice: Who is that?
Unknown voice: That’s the guy from the farm.
Mountain Lion to Alice: That will be the Ranger. That will …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … be who that is.
Alice to Readers: This is scary. Mountain Lion says,
“No, I don’t think you said that all that right.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And I said, “Who is this?”
And the other being said, “Mountain Lion.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Did you hear it?
Mountain Lion [amused]: Well, I’ll be. She CAN hear us talking.
Alice to Mountain Lion: Mountain Lion, are you a long ways away?
Father Raven: STOP that.
Mother Raven: Yeah, STOP that.
. . . . .
Father Mountain Lion to Ravens: You guys, Don’t let on to her
that a Mountain Lion is walking towards you.
Mother Mountain Lion [simultaneously]: No, I am with my Firstborn Child.
Mountain Lion is nowhere near you.
Firstborn Child [simultaneously}: Mountain Lion is nowhere near you.
Mountain Lion is nowhere near you. [SPOOKOUT!]
Alice to Readers: Can you hear it? That was a female Mountain Lion.
It said, “No, I am with my firstborn child. Can you hear what is going on?”
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens: Did you hear that? Did I say that right?
Raven to Alice [jeering]: No. You did not!
. . . . .
Alice to Mother Mountain Lion:
Congratulations on your firstborn child.
Father Mountain Lion: That Woman has got to COVID-stricken get a life.
. . . . .
Alice to Father Mountain Lion [misunderstanding]: Whose wife?
Hummingbird to Alice: YOUR life!
. . . . .
Unknown voice to Alice: Not a Mountain Lion. A Coyote.
Alice to unknown voice: Not a Mountain Lion. A Coyote?
Oh, that makes sense because it sounded really different.
. . . . .
Unknown voice: Know that I lied to you.
Alice to Readers: Sounded more like a Coyote.
Not rough and gruff and mean and …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … tough like a Mountain Lion.
More like a Coyote.
. . . . .
[Right before this I cut out a little bit of the video where
I was just walking along and nothing much was happening.
At least, that’s how it seemed to me.]
Alice to all the beings: I’m tired, guys.
It’s tiring talking to so many people.
Father Raven to Alice: Don’t talk like that. Mountain Lion …
. . . . .
[Right before this I cut out a little bit of the video where
I was just walking along and nothing much was happening. At least, that’s how it seemed to me.]
. . . . .
Father Raven (continuing): … is right there.
Alice to Readers: Ouu, that’s a very strong, protective Raven over there.
Father Raven to Alice: Do NOT say that!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven: What did I hear …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Father Raven (continued): … you say?!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven: DO NOT say …
Mother Raven: STOP! STOP!
Alice to Father Raven: Anything bad over there?
[FAMOUS LAST WORDS!]
. . . . .
Hummingbird to Alice [emphatically]: PSSST!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven (continuing) … anything nice to her.
Alice to Father Raven: Raven?
. . . . .
[I don’t understand why it sounds like there is a Big Wind right now.
There is no Wind. What is it that is talking? Can you hear the words?
Is this the combined, totally fearsome voices of the Mountain Lion Tribe?
Oh gosh, yes! That’s it!]
. . . . .
Alice to Father Raven: Everything okay? Safe?
Father Raven to Alice: IS NOT SAFE!
Hummingbird to Alice: PSSST!
. . . . .
Alice to Father Raven: Because of what?
Why is it not safe anywhere?
. . . . .
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe shouts: “God D-MN YOU Cockroaches! Trespassing on my territory!”
The Nerve of this guy!]
. . . . .
[CAN YOU HEAR THEM?!]
. . . . .
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe
shouts: “God D-MN YOU Cockroaches! Trespassing on my territory!”
The Nerve of this guy!]
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Okay. He said, “Because the Hawk
is eating everybody’s eyes out.”
Alice to Ravens: I’m explaining for …
. . . . .
Alice to Raven (continued): …. the human beings so they can learn
to talk to you a little bit. Some will and some will not, …
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe
continues: GO a-G-d–d-mned-way and DON’T come back!]
[Non-Speciesism has just hit a snag!]
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … okay? I can’t say who.
Some people will.
Some people have that gift. [inaudible].
Mother Raven: DON’T TALK!
Alice to Mother Raven: Huh?
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion
Tribe abates: With that I will walk away. Mountain Lion Will Walk Away.]
. . . . .
Alice to Mother Raven (continued): “Don’t talk?”
Did you say, “Don’t talk?”
Hummingbird to Alice [exasperated]: Yesss!
Alice to Birds: Everybody says don’t talk? Okay, I won’t talk.
[The voices of the Mountain Lions always
seem to begin speaking at about this point in
the dirt road that parallels Cornell Road.
This is disconcerting because I am right near
the entry road to Paramount Ranch.]
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Baaad!
Young Raven [upset, imitating Alice]: I won’t talk Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Okay, that was a Young Raven.
It said, “I can’t talk to you Humans anymore.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I don’t know if you can hear me when I whisper.
Raven [quietly]: Can’t hear when whisper.
Young Raven [jeering]: I got that!
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Baaad!
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens: Ravens can’t really talk to Human
Beings, huh? You know what? You get …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … to choose. You don’t have to talk,
if you don’t want to talk. You have Free Will, …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … just like all the beings on Earth.
You can talk or not talk. It’s completely up to you.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … Yeah, it’s up to you.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Did you hear that? Mountain Lion says,
“Damn straight. You BET it is up to us.”
Mountain Lion: It IS.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I take it seriously. Yeah. Without Free Will, …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … who am I? Nothing at all.
I might as well be COVID-stricken if I don’t have Free Will. Yep.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens and Hummingbird: And you guys, you
deserve to have Free Will, too. Everybody! |
Everybody on Earth should have Free Will. Yeah!
Mountain Lion: Well I’ll, Great God …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … and sacramental d-mn right be!
Alice to all the beings: Yeah. D-mn right! You heard it right. D-mn Right!
That’s what the Ravens sometimes say.
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings (continued): Because there are
Human Beings around these parts who sometimes speak like that.
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings (continued): Not the ladies,
of course, such as me, but the gentlemen.
Raven: Right, right, right, right!
Alice: Right!
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings: It’s acceptable talk for a gentleman, whether he be a Human Being or a Father Raven.
Raven: That is not all that right!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: You know, at the very beginning of this video just now, if you turn the audio way up high, you might hear what I heard on that day. It seemed to me that the Ravens were calling some being at Paramount Ranch. They were calling it Mike Dunn.
Now, I know there are a lot of people in the United States named Mike Dunn, and there may be some quite locally named Mike Dunn, and I would like them to know that this is none of my idea. Okay. Somehow those Ravens are using those words to infer that that’s the name of the Red-Tailed Hawk that’s circling in the sky.
So if your name is Mike Dunn, I’d like you to know that’s not my idea. It’s Raven’s idea. Okay? And in addition, you may know that a lot of times people drop in on Ravens and other Birds and change their voices and change their ideas around. Sorcerers drop in.
So not only is it none of mine, but it may not be anything to do with the Ravens. It might have to do with some Sorcerer that’s [around and] about this way.
So to all the people named Mike Dunn in the United States, I’m so very sorry. I really apologize for this clip. And I’ll play it one more time so that you have had time to turn your audio to the very highest [volume] and try to decide for yourself why the Ravens call the Red-Tailed Hawk Mike Dunn.
[I’ll play the Paramount Ranch video clip one more time …]
. . . . .
[Turn Audio up high so you can hear the Ravens
and the Fearsome Wind of the Mountain Lion Tribe.]
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [Fearsome Wind]: “Mike Dunn will fly” is what
the Mountain Lion says.
Alice to Readers: I just heard a mammal say, “Mike Dunn will fly!”
and then I heard a Hawk cry, “Keee! Keee! Keee!”
Mountain Lion: Oh, Jesus Chr-st! That Woman does not know
that a Mountain Lion is talking to her!
[Could it be that the Mountain Lion thinks this is
the name of the Hawk? Could it be that is the name of
a Sorcerer who flies on the wings of a Hawk,
as in the Native American legends?]
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hawk: That Woman is not all …
Hawk to Mountain Lion: She can’t HEAR you.
Mountain Lion to Hawk: That will be Quite clear! Mike will let this …
Alice to Readers: I hope I got it [the call of the Hawk] right this time. Prior to that, I was discussing …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hawk (continued): … COVID-stricken …
Mike says, “Let that go.” Okay.
Alice to Readers (continued): …with the Birds about Alpha Predators
and how it’s possible that that Hawk got upset.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: A Hawk is an Alpha Predator …
Mountain Lion: “Yeah, right, it IS an Alpha Predator.”
Alice to Readers (continued): … of the sky and it could have been influenced by those six …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … X-flares [in the first six days
of February 2026] to that kind of unusual behavior, …
Mountain Lion: Could it be that’s …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): …you know. And in general,
my advice for Alpha Predators, both the wildlife and the people, …
Mountain Lion (continued): … true?
Hawk to Mountain Lion: D-mn right! It Might be true.
Mountain Lion: Might be …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … might be true?
Alice to Readers (continued): …is that they in particular
have to be very careful …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion: Could it really be that is true? I
will speak to the other animals.
Alice to Readers (continued): … during the X-flares because
they’re so capable of … inflicting a great deal of damage, you know,
to … other people and to other animals … much more …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … so than most people.
And so my advice to the Hawk was to be very careful not to do that.
Because if …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … people get very upset,
why then they’re likely to do something about it.
Mountain Lion: This will be true.
Alice to Readers (continued): … And if other Hawks see you …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … doing really weird things,
I’m afraid they might come up with something.
Father Raven to Alice: They will not!
Alice to Father Raven: You don’t think so? They …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … let the Hawk go. I don’t know.
Father Raven: Mike Dunn went a-way!
Alice to Readers: What I found with the Law of Karma
is that if something really weird …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … and out of the ordinary
like that happens, something else happens to make it even out, …
Father Raven: Mike Dunn will fly off!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … you know? But the Birds
don’t agree with me. They think the Red-tailed Hawk is so huge that …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … nothing could interfere with it.
Alice to Birds: How about other Red-tailed Hawks?
[Could they interfere with it?]
Nanday: Yep, they could!
Father Raven: No! They could not kill bad Hawk.
. . . . .
Ground Hog: They don’t congregate like that.
Alice to Ground Hog: They don’t congregate like that?
Alice to Readers: Okay. He [the Raven] says they’re not like …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … the Ravens. The Raven says they
[the Ravens] congregate together.
Father Raven to Alice: They are not like that Hawk at all.
Mother Raven: No, not at all.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Not like a Raven.
Solitary bird. Did you hear that?
Father Raven to Alice: They’re not like that.
Mother Raven: No, not like that.
. . . . .
Hummingbird: They’re not like the Ravens at all!
Father Raven to Hummingbird: No, not like that [at all]!
. . . . .
Alice to Hummingbird: Is that Hummingbird?
Hummingbird to Alice [in a hushed tone]: Yes. It is.
Alice to Hummingbird: Hi, Hummingbird!
Raven [speaking for Hummingbird]: I don’t want to Talk to you.
Hummingbird to Alice: We Think that is true.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Hummingbird says, “We think that’s really true.”
Hummingbird’s very quiet today, I think, because …
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Please Go away.
Alice to Readers (continued): … it’s a colder day … in the 60s [Fahrenheit scale] and Hummingbird needs to keep warm.
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hummingbird: Go ahead and say what you are feeling.
Hummingbird to Alice: Oh, Please stop talking.
Mountain Lion to Hummingbird: That’s it!
Alice to Readers: My arm’s getting so tired. [I’ll] try something else.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And the road is all full of water.
You have to go …
[Mountain Lion is joking and making fun of me.]
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … around. It’s a flat road. That’s why.
Very flat road. Oh, it’s all wet. Oh, …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … no. My shoes will get all wet.
And then Ravens will say, “Not that wet. Not that much water.”
Mountain Lion: That will be what is really …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … really true about it.
Alice to Readers: It’s kind of true!
. . . . .
Male Raven to Alice: It’s not That [much water].
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Big mud puddle. Big one.
Father Raven [speaking to Alice, but playing up to Mountain Lion.
You can tell by the mocking tone of voice.]: Not That much water.
Mother Raven [seconding her husband]: No, not that much.
Mountain Lion: Right.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Yeah, it is always like that when it rains.
And it wasn’t that much …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … rain today.
Next week it may rain some more, they say. We’ll see.
Mountain Lion: Oh, God, no! Not that much rain.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens [Shows reflection of a mountain in the mud puddle[:
Looks like a mountain in the water.
Father Raven: No, It does not!
Mountain Lion: Yes, It does look like a mountain in the water.
But it’s not really a mountain.
Alice to Ravens: It’s not really a mountain.
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [sounding like he’s reflecting on this]: It’s only a reflection.
Alice to Ravens: [It’s] a reflection of the mountain.
Re-flection. Looks like a mountain; …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … not a mountain.
I wonder if you guys can see the reflections, too.
Mountain Lion: What is all that …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … explaining about the d-mn mountains
all about? And by the way, I don’t want you to talk about those
Mountain Lions at all. Not to anybody at all!
Raven to Alice: Don’t talk about Mountain Lion!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I think that’s Raven.
He was saying there was COVID-stricken.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And I said: “Is that for a Hawk?” And he said, “D-mned right.”
Raven: That’s not right!
Mountain Lion to Alice: No, They are not upset with the Hawk.
Alice to Readers: They’re upset with the …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … Hawk. Being very careful.
I don’t blame them one bit. Not one jot.
. . . . .
Father Raven [jeering]: RA-vens DON’T like THAT!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Can you hear that? It’s a jeer.
Did you hear that?
Mountain Lion to Alice: No! I did not!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Raven says, COVID-stricken. COVID-stricken.
Alice to Birds: Did I say that right?
Songbird to Alice [muted]: Yes, You did.
Alice to Songbird: Thank you.
. . . . .
Alice: I said something right!
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [mulling this over]: “That COVID-stricken thing
is not for me.” That’s what she is saying.
. . . . .
Alice: Who is that?
Unknown voice: That’s the guy from the farm.
Mountain Lion to Alice: That will be the Ranger. That will …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … be who that is.
Alice to Readers: This is scary. Mountain Lion says,
“No, I don’t think you said that all that right.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And I said, “Who is this?”
And the other being said, “Mountain Lion.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Did you hear it?
Mountain Lion [amused]: Well, I’ll be. She CAN hear us talking.
Alice to Mountain Lion: Mountain Lion, are you a long ways away?
Father Raven: STOP that.
Mother Raven: Yeah, STOP that.
. . . . .
Father Mountain Lion to Ravens: You guys, Don’t let on to her
that a Mountain Lion is walking towards you.
Mother Mountain Lion [simultaneously]: No, I am with my Firstborn Child.
Mountain Lion is nowhere near you.
Firstborn Child [simultaneously}: Mountain Lion is nowhere near you.
Mountain Lion is nowhere near you. [SPOOKOUT!]
Alice to Readers: Can you hear it? That was a female Mountain Lion.
It said, “No, I am with my firstborn child. Can you hear what is going on?”
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens: Did you hear that? Did I say that right?
Raven to Alice [jeering]: No. You did not!
. . . . .
Alice to Mother Mountain Lion:
Congratulations on your firstborn child.
Father Mountain Lion: That Woman has got to COVID-stricken get a life.
. . . . .
Alice to Father Mountain Lion [misunderstanding]: Whose wife?
[Alice! It’s ‘life’ … not ‘wife’!]
Hummingbird to Alice: YOUR life!
. . . . .
Unknown voice to Alice: Not a Mountain Lion. A Coyote.
Alice to unknown voice: Not a Mountain Lion. A Coyote?
Oh, that makes sense because it sounded really different.
. . . . .
Unknown voice: Know that I lied to you.
Alice to Readers: Sounded more like a Coyote.
Not rough and gruff and mean and …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … tough like a Mountain Lion.
More like a Coyote.
. . . . .
[Right before this I cut out a little bit of the video where
I was just walking along and nothing much was happening.
At least, that’s how it seemed to me.]
Alice to all the beings: I’m tired, guys.
It’s tiring talking to so many people.
Father Raven to Alice: Don’t talk like that. Mountain Lion …
. . . . .
[Right before this I cut out a little bit of the video where
I was just walking along and nothing much was happening. At least, that’s how it seemed to me.]
. . . . .
Father Raven (continuing): … is right there.
Alice to Readers: Ouu, that’s a very strong, protective Raven over there.
Father Raven to Alice: Do NOT say that!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven: What did I hear …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Father Raven (continued): … you say?!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven: DO NOT say …
Mother Raven: STOP! STOP!
Alice to Father Raven: Anything bad over there?
[FAMOUS LAST WORDS!]
. . . . .
Hummingbird to Alice [emphatically]: PSSST!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven (continuing) … anything nice to her.
Alice to Father Raven: Raven?
. . . . .
[I don’t understand why it sounds like there is a Big Wind right now.
There is no Wind. What is it that is talking? Can you hear the words?
Is this the combined, totally fearsome voices of the Mountain Lion Tribe?
Oh gosh, yes! That’s it!]
. . . . .
Alice to Father Raven: Everything okay? Safe?
Father Raven to Alice: IS NOT SAFE!
Hummingbird to Alice: PSSST!
. . . . .
Alice to Father Raven: Because of what?
Why is it not safe anywhere?
. . . . .
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe shouts: “God D-MN YOU Cockroaches! Trespassing on my territory!”
The Nerve of this guy!]
. . . . .
[CAN YOU HEAR THEM?!]
. . . . .
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe
shouts: “God D-MN YOU Cockroaches! Trespassing on my territory!”
The Nerve of this guy!]
Alice to Readers: Okay. He said, “Because the Hawk
is eating everybody’s eyes out.”
Alice to Ravens: I’m explaining for …
. . . . .
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe
continues: GO a-G-d–d-mned-way and DON’T come back!]
[Non-Speciesism has just hit a snag!]
Alice to Raven (continued): …. the human beings so they can learn
to talk to you a little bit. Some will and some will not, …
. . . . .
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion
Tribe abates: With that I will walk away. Mountain Lion Will Walk Away.]
Alice to Ravens (continued): … okay? I can’t say who.
Some people will.
Some people have that gift. [inaudible].
Mother Raven: DON’T TALK!
Alice to Mother Raven: Huh?
. . . . .
Alice to Mother Raven (continued): “Don’t talk?”
Did you say, “Don’t talk?”
Hummingbird to Alice [exasperated]: Yesss!
Alice to Birds: Everybody says don’t talk? Okay, I won’t talk.
[The voices of the Mountain Lions always
seem to begin speaking at about this point in
the dirt road that parallels Cornell Road.
This is disconcerting because I am right near
the entry road to Paramount Ranch.]
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Baaad!
Young Raven [upset, imitating Alice]: I won’t talk Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Okay, that was a Young Raven.
It said, “I can’t talk to you Humans anymore.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I don’t know if you can hear me when I whisper.
Raven [quietly]: Can’t hear when whisper.
Young Raven [jeering]: I got that!
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Baaad!
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens: Ravens can’t really talk to Human
Beings, huh? You know what? You get …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … to choose. You don’t have to talk,
if you don’t want to talk. You have Free Will, …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … just like all the beings on Earth.
You can talk or not talk. It’s completely up to you.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … Yeah, it’s up to you.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Did you hear that? Mountain Lion says,
“D-mn straight. You BET it is up to us.”
Mountain Lion: It IS.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I take it seriously. Yeah. Without Free Will, …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … who am I? Nothing at all.
I might as well be COVID-stricken if I don’t have Free Will. Yep.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens and Hummingbird: And you guys, you
deserve to have Free Will, too. Everybody!
Everybody on Earth should have Free Will. Yeah!
Mountain Lion: Well I’ll, Great God …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … and sacramental d-mn right be!
Alice to all the beings: Yeah. D-mn right! You heard it right. D-mn Right!
That’s what the Ravens sometimes say.
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings (continued): Because there are
Human Beings around these parts who sometimes speak like that.
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings (continued): Not the ladies,
of course, such as me, but the gentlemen.
Raven: Right, right, right, right!
Alice: Right!
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings: It’s acceptable talk for a gentleman,
whether he be a Human Being or a Father Raven.
Raven: That is not all that right!
. . . . .
in love, Light and joy, this is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Image: “Holy Mary, Shield of Light, Terror of Demons,” adapted from Image by Chil Vera from Pixabay – Pixabay License
Image: “Holy Mary, Shield of Light, Terror of Demons,” adapted from Image by Chil Vera from Pixabay – Pixabay License
INTRODUCTION
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
VIDEO CREDITS
CONCLUSION
MORE INFORMATION
INTRODUCTION
Dear Ones,
Here is quite an interesting talk with Opossum, Coyotes, and Ravens about the Marsupial Goddess of LA. That was at Paramount Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains of California.
Hello, Dear Ones. It’s Alice. I’m here at Paramount Ranch today. And just as I arrived, I was talking to the Nandays … Nandays! … who looked quite as big as before. There were only three of them. And they were incredibly untalkative considering there have been two big M-class flares today … Solar flares.
So then I heard a kind of a muttering voice. Mammalian for sure. A Mammalian voice. See, over that way it said, “Don’t talk to us about God.”
And I said, “Is this an Opossum?” And it said, “Yes.” And I said, “You know,” … stretching the truth a little, I said, “You know, Los Angeles is named for a Lady Goddess.”
Yes. I said, “The true name of Los Angeles is ‘El Pueblo’ … That’s ‘The Town’ …
‘El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora’ … That means ‘The Town of Our Lady’ …
‘El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles.’ ‘La Reina de Los Angeles’!
And that means ‘The Town of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels’.
So Los Angeles is named after a Lady Goddess. And the Marsupial had nothing to say. That’s just like Opossums to be very quiet.
So then I said, “So you see, just like a Baby Possum lives for a long time inside the pouch of its mother, Los Angeles lives under the protection of a Lady Goddess.”
And the Opossum said, “Oh! Oh, right?” only very, very quietly, very mutteringly. It said it like this: “Oh. Right.”
So then the Coyotes spoke up and they didn’t like this idea at all .., the idea of a lady being in charge of Los Angeles … Goddess or no Goddess… and in fact the Mother of Christ, and not really a Goddess.
But I was trying to make it easy for the Marsupials, you know, because I’m not sure where they stand on the intellectual front … or with an understanding of mythology or philosophy. So, I don’t want you to think really that I believe it’s a Lady Goddess … that Mother Mary is a Lady Goddess. I am inclined to the ‘Marian’ tradition. That means ‘Mary’. That means ‘veneration of Mother Mary’.
But the Christian churches make it very clear that Mother Mary is not … is not a Goddess. Not in the Greek tradition.
No, she’s the Mother who conceived and nurtured God incarnate. Yeah. Like us. We’re sparks of God incarnate, are we not? Our Eternal Souls are mirrors of the Spirit of God.
And so by extension, you could say that all the mothers on Earth are like Mother Mary.
So then Coyote backed off and wanted nothing to do with me. Actually it wants nothing to do with Theology whatsoever.
And then to my great mortification, the Ravens seconded the vote of Coyote. So I could see I was going to get nowhere with Marsupial understanding of Theology and trying to combine it with that of other wild animals.
Another day, perhaps, the inspiration will come to me.
God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.
In love, Light, and joy,
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Come and visit me at my wonderful worldclass WordPress website “Awakening with Planet Earth.” That’s https/awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
VIDEO CREDITS
“The Marsupial Goddess of LA”
By Alice B. Clagett
Filmed on 3 June 2026 and produced on 27 June 2026
Location: Paramount Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains, CA
Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International –
By Alice B. Clagett
Io lux et pax nobiscum.
Joy, light and peace be with us!
— Alice B. Clagett
“Dominus illuminatio mea et salus mea; quem timebo?”
The Lord is my Light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
Filmed on 3 June 2026 and published on 27 June 2026
MORE INFORMATION
Ask Google AI: What is the Hindu meaning of a blue throat on a woman?
Ask Google AI: Halahala?
Image: The Blue-Throated One,” adapted from Image by Anil sharma from Pixabay – Pixabay License … COMMENTS: The Devas and Asuras desired immortality. Their great longing stired up from the Cosmic Ocean a toxic sludge called Halahala. Seeing that their desire for immortality might cause Creation to dissolve, Lord Shiva drank the toxic sludge, which turned his throat blue. We Lightworkers also drink Halahala stirred up by Gods and Demons in the play of Lila. Our hope is that God will save Creation and transform the Darkness of Desire to the Light of the Desireless state through His Love for His creatures. If He so wills, we also will be born anew.
Image: The Blue-Throated One,” adapted from Image by Anil sharma from Pixabay – Pixabay License …
COMMENTS: The Devas and Asuras desired immortality. Their great longing stired up from the Cosmic Ocean a toxic sludge called Halahala. Seeing that their desire for immortality might cause Creation to dissolve, Lord Shiva drank the toxic sludge, which turned his throat blue.
We Lightworkers also drink Halahala stirred up by Gods and Demons in the play of Lila. Our hope is that God will save Creation and transform the Darkness of Desire to the Light of the Desireless state through His Love for His creatures. If He so wills, we also will be born anew.
Nature scenes outdoors are documentaries. Animal talk on the videos is really true; it is not dubbed or AI.
“Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without Freedom of Speech.” –Benjamin Franklin, 1722
Image: “Self-Portrait,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 February 2026, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Self-Portrait,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 February 2026, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
INTRODUCTION
VIDEO BY ALICE
SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO
COMMENTS
VIDEO CREDITS
CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
Dear Ones,
This video starts off with advice to apex predators, both human and nonhuman, about how to survive during geostorms, especially those caused by X-flares. There are also examples of Mountain Lions speaking on the Wind. I call this the ‘Fearsome Wind of the Mountain Lion Tribe’. Then at the end I express that I, amongst all the beings on Earth, have my own Free Will, and a right to Freedom of Speech … the more so because I am a first-born human woman!
I am for non-speciesism here on Earth, as may be seen in my blog category: Human species and interspecies and extraterrestrial communication – Universal kinship – All-sentience – Moral inclusivity – Non-speciesism … I have to admit, my non-speciesist stance hits a snag in this video.
“X-Flare Advice to Apex Predators ~ and ~ Showdown with Mountain Lions and Ravens”
By Alice B. Clagett
[Turn Audio up high so you can hear the Ravens and the Fearsome Wind of the Mountain Lion Tribe.]
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [Fearsome Wind]: “Mike Dunn will fly” is what the Mountain Lion says.
Alice to Readers: I just heard a mammal say, “Mike Dunn will fly!”
and then I heard a Hawk cry, “Keee! Keee! Keee!”
Mountain Lion: Oh, Jesus Chr-st! That Woman does not know that a Mountain Lion is talking to her!
[Could it be that the Mountain Lion thinks this is the name of the Hawk? Could it be that is the name of a Sorcerer who flies on the wings of a Hawk, as in the Native American legends?]
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hawk: That Woman is not all …
Hawk to Mountain Lion: She can’t HEAR you.
Mountain Lion to Hawk: That will be Quite clear! Mike will let this …
Alice to Readers: I hope I got it [the call of the Hawk] right this time. Prior to that, I was discussing …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hawk (continued): … COVID-stricken … Mike says, “Let that go.” Okay.
Alice to Readers (continued): …with the Birds about Alpha Predators and how it’s possible that that Hawk got upset.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: A Hawk is an Alpha Predator …
Mountain Lion: “Yeah, right, it IS an Alpha Predator.”
Alice to Readers (continued): … of the sky and it could have been influenced by those six …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … X-flares [in the first six days of February 2026] to that kind of unusual behavior, …
Mountain Lion: Could it be that’s …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): …you know. And in general, |my advice for Alpha Predators, both the wildlife and the people, …
Mountain Lion (continued): … true?
Hawk to Mountain Lion: D-mn right! It Might be true.
Mountain Lion: Might be …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … might be true?
Alice to Readers (continued): …is that they in particular have to be very careful …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion: Could it really be that is true? I will speak to the other animals.
Alice to Readers (continued): … during the X-flares because they’re so capable of … inflicting a great deal of damage, you know, to … other people and to other animals … much more …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … so than most people. And so my advice to the Hawk was to be very careful not to do that. Because if …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … people get very upset, why then they’re likely to do something about it.
Mountain Lion: This will be true.
Alice to Readers (continued): … And if other Hawks see you …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … doing really weird things, I’m afraid they might come up with something.
Father Raven to Alice: They will not!
Alice to Father Raven: You don’t think so? They …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … let the Hawk go. I don’t know.
Father Raven: Mike Dunn went a-way!
Alice to Readers: What I found with the Law of Karma is that if something really weird …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … and out of the ordinary like that happens, something else happens to make it even out, …
Father Raven: Mike Dunn will fly off!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … you know? But the Birds don’t agree with me. They think the Red-tailed Hawk is so huge that …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … nothing could interfere with it.
Alice to Birds: How about other Red-tailed Hawks? [Could they interfere with it?]
Nanday: Yep, they could!
Father Raven: No! They could not kill bad Hawk.
. . . . .
Ground Hog: They don’t congregate like that.
Alice to Ground Hog: They don’t congregate like that?
Alice to Readers: Okay. He [the Raven] says they’re not like …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … the Ravens. The Raven says they [the Ravens] congregate together.
Father Raven to Alice: They are not like that Hawk at all.
Mother Raven: No, not at all.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Not like a Raven.
Solitary bird. Did you hear that?
Father Raven to Alice: They’re not like that.
Mother Raven: No, not like that.
. . . . .
Hummingbird: They’re Not like the Ravens at all!
Father Raven to Hummingbird: No, not like that [at all]!
. . . . .
Alice to Hummingbird: Is that Hummingbird?
Hummingbird to Alice [in a hushed tone]: Yes. It is.
Alice to Hummingbird: Hi, Hummingbird!
Raven [speaking for Hummingbird]: I don’t want to Talk to you.
Hummingbird to Alice: We Think that is true.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Hummingbird says, “We think that’s really true.” Hummingbird’s very quiet today, I think, because …
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Please Go away.
Alice to Readers (continued): … it’s a colder day … in the 60s [Fahrenheit scale] and Hummingbird needs to keep warm.
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Hummingbird: Go ahead and say what you are feeling.
Hummingbird to Alice: Oh, Please stop talking.
Mountain Lion to Hummingbird: That’s it!
Alice to Readers: My arm’s getting so tired. [I’ll] try something else.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And the road is all full of water. You have to go …
[Mountain Lion is joking and making fun of me.]
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … around. It’s a flat road. That’s why. Very flat road. Oh, it’s all wet. Oh, …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … no. My shoes will get all wet. And then Ravens will say, “Not that wet. Not that much water.”
Mountain Lion: That will be what is really …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … really True about it.
. . . . .
Male Raven to Alice: It’s not That [much water].
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Big mud puddle. Big one.
Father Raven [speaking to Alice, but playing up to Mountain Lion. You can tell by the mocking tone of voice.]: Not That much water.
Mother Raven [seconding her husband]: No, not that much.
Mountain Lion: Right.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Yeah, it is always like that when it rains. And it wasn’t that much …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … rain today. Next week it may rain some more, they say. We’ll see.
Mountain Lion: Oh, God, no! Not that much rain.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens [Shows reflection of a mountain in the mud puddle[: Looks like a mountain in the water.
Father Raven: No, It does not!
Mountain Lion: Yes, It does look like a mountain in the water. But it’s not really a mountain.
Alice to Ravens: It’s not really a mountain.
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [sounding like he’s reflecting on this]: It’s only a reflection.
Alice to Ravens: [It’s] a reflection of the mountain. Re-flection. Looks like a mountain; …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … not a mountain. I wonder if you guys can see the reflections, too.
Mountain Lion: What is all that …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … explaining about the d-mn mountains all about? And by the way, I don’t want you to talk about those Mountain Lions at all. Not to anybody at all!
Raven to Alice: Don’t talk about Mountain Lion!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I think that’s Raven. He was saying there was COVID-stricken.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And I said: “Is that for a Hawk?” And he said, “D-mned right.”
Raven: That’s not right!
Mountain Lion to Alice: No, They are not upset with the Hawk.
Alice to Readers: They’re upset with the …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … Hawk. Being very careful. I don’t blame them one bit. Not one jot.
. . . . .
Father Raven [jeering]: RA-vens DON’T like THAT!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Can you hear that? It’s a jeer. Did you hear that?
Mountain Lion to Alice: No! I did not!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Raven says, COVID-stricken. COVID-stricken.
Alice to Birds: Did I say that right?
Songbird to Alice [muted]: Yes, You did.
Alice to Songbird: Thank you.
. . . . .
Alice: I said something right!
. . . . .
Mountain Lion [mulling this over]: “That COVID-stricken thing is not for me.” That’s what she is saying.
. . . . .
Alice: Who is that?
Unknown voice: That’s the guy from the farm.
Mountain Lion to Alice: That will be the Ranger. That will …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … be who that is.
Alice to Readers: This is scary. Mountain Lion says, “No, I don’t think you said that all that right.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: And I said, “Who is this?” And the other being said, “Mountain Lion.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Did you hear it?
Mountain Lion [amused]: Well, I’ll be. She CAN hear us talking.
Alice to Mountain Lion: Mountain Lion, are you a long ways away?
Father Raven: STOP that.
Mother Raven: Yeah, STOP that.
. . . . .
Father Mountain Lion to Ravens: You guys, Don’t let on to her that a Mountain Lion is walking towards you.
Mother Mountain Lion [simultaneously]: No, I am with my Firstborn Child. Mountain Lion is nowhere near you.
Firstborn Child [simultaneously}: Mountain Lion is nowhere near you. Mountain Lion is nowhere near you. [SPOOKOUT!]
Alice to Readers: Can you hear it? That was a female Mountain Lion. It said, “No, I am with my firstborn child. Can you hear what is going on?”
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens: Did you hear that? Did I say that right?
Raven to Alice [jeering]: No. You did not!
. . . . .
Alice to Mother Mountain Lion: Congratulations on your firstborn child.
Father Mountain Lion: That Woman has got to COVID-stricken get a life.
. . . . .
Alice to Father Mountain Lion [misunderstanding]: Whose wife?
Hummingbird to Alice: YOUR life!
. . . . .
Unknown voice to Alice: Not a Mountain Lion. A Coyote.
Alice to unknown voice: Not a Mountain Lion. A Coyote? Oh, that makes sense because it sounded really different.
. . . . .
Unknown voice: Know that I lied to you.
Alice to Readers: Sounded more like a Coyote. Not rough and gruff and mean and …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continuing): … tough like a Mountain Lion. More like a Coyote.
. . . . .
[Right before this I cut out a little bit of the video where I was just walking along and nothing much was happening.
At least, that’s how it seemed to me.]
Alice to all the beings: I’m tired, guys. It’s tiring talking to so many people.
Father Raven to Alice: Don’t talk like that. Mountain Lion …
. . . . .
Father Raven (continuing): … is right there.
Alice to Readers: Ouu, that’s a very strong, protective Raven over there.
Father Raven to Alice: Do NOT say that!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven: What did I hear …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion to Father Raven (continued): … you say?!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven: DO NOT say …
Mother Raven: STOP! STOP!
Alice to Father Raven: Anything bad over there?
[FAMOUS LAST WORDS!]
Hummingbird to Alice [emphatically]: PSSST!
Mountain Lion to Father Raven (continuing) … anything nice to her.
Alice to Father Raven: Raven?
. . . . .
[I don’t understand why it sounds like there is a Big Wind right now. There is no Wind. What is it that is talking? Can you hear the words? Is this the combined, totally fearsome voices of the Mountain Lion Tribe? Oh gosh, yes! That’s it!]
Alice to Father Raven: Everything okay? Safe?
Father Raven to Alice: IS NOT SAFE!
Hummingbird to Alice: PSSST!
. . . . .
Alice to Father Raven: Because of what? Why is it not safe anywhere?
[The Fearsome Wind of the Mountain Lion Tribe is chanting, over and over again:
“We Are the Mountain Lions.
We Are the Mountain Lions.
We Are the Mountain Lions.”]
[CAN YOU HEAR THEM?!]
. . . . .
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe shouts: God D-MN YOU Cockroaches! Trespassing on my territory!]
[The Nerve of this guy!]
Alice to Readers: Okay. He said, “Because the Hawk is eating everybody’s eyes out.”
Alice to Ravens: I’m explaining for …
. . . . .
Alice to Raven (continued): …. the human beings so they can learn to talk to you a little bit. Some will and some will not, …
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe continues: GO a-G-d–d-mned-way and DON’T come back!]
[Non-Speciesism has just hit a snag!]
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … okay? I can’t say who.
Some people will.
Some people have that gift. [inaudible].
Mother Raven: DON’T TALK!
Alice to Mother Raven: Huh?
[The Fearsome Wind of the LEADER of the local Mountain Lion Tribe abates: With that I will walk away. Mountain Lion Will Walk Away.]
. . . . .
Alice to Mother Raven (continued): “Don’t talk?” Did you say, “Don’t talk?”
Hummingbird to Alice [exasperated]: Yesss!
Alice to Birds: Everybody says don’t talk? Okay, I won’t talk.
[The voices of the Mountain Lions always seem to begin speaking at about this point in the dirt road that parallels Cornell Road. This is disconcerting because I am right near the entry road to Paramount Ranch.]
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Baaad!
Young Raven [upset, imitating Alice]: I won’t talk Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Okay, that was a Young Raven. It said, “I can’t talk to you Humans anymore.”
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I don’t know if you can hear me when I whisper.
Raven [quietly]: Can’t hear when whisper.
Young Raven [jeering]: I got that!
. . . . .
Hummingbird: Baaad!
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens: Ravens can’t really talk to Human
Beings, huh? You know what? You get …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … to choose. You don’t have to talk, if you don’t want to talk. You have Free Will, …
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … just like all the beings on Earth. You can talk or not talk. It’s completely up to you.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens (continued): … Yeah, it’s up to you.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: Did you hear that? Mountain Lion says, “Damn straight. You BET it is up to us.”
Mountain Lion: It IS.
. . . . .
Alice to Readers: I take it seriously. Yeah. Without Free Will, …
. . . . .
Alice to Readers (continued): … who am I? Nothing at all. I might as well be
COVID-stricken if I don’t have Free Will. Yep.
. . . . .
Alice to Ravens and Hummingbird: And you guys, you deserve to have Free Will, too. Everybody! Everybody on Earth should have Free Will. Yeah!
Mountain Lion: Well I’ll, Great God …
. . . . .
Mountain Lion (continuing): … and sacramental d-mn right be!
Alice to all the beings: Yeah. D-mn right! You heard it right. D-mn Right! That’s what the Ravens sometimes say.
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings (continued): Because there are Human Beings around these part who sometimes speak like that.
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings (continued): Not the ladies, of course, such as me, but the gentlemen.
Raven: Right, right, right, right!
Alice: Right!
. . . . .
Alice to all the beings: It’s acceptable talk for a gentleman, whether he be a Human Being or a Father Raven.
Raven: That is not all that right!
COMMENTS
Those Ravens have a lot of nerve, telling a First-Born Woman not to talk!
After my showdown with the Ravens, I heard Mountain Lion say: Maybe we [she and I] do have something in common after all!
VIDEO CREDITS
“X-Flare Advice to Apex Predators ~ and ~ Showdown with Mountain Lions and Ravens”
By Alice B. Clagett
Filmed on 11 February 2026 and produced on 15 June 2026
Location: Paramount Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains, CA
Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International –
By Alice B. Clagett
In this post, quotes from Google AI are in light blue font.
Image: “AI Logo,” adapted from Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay – Pixabay License
INTRODUCTION
CAN NANDAY PARAKEETS CLAIM CITIZENSHIP? … ‘MIGHT MAKES RIGHT’ IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. WHAT TO DO?
I asked Google AI: There are wild Nanday parakeet colonies in Florida and California. Nanday parakeets (aka Black-hooded parakeets or Nanday conures) are originally from the Pantanal in South America. Captured and enslaved Nanday parakeets escaped from or were released by their owners in the late 1960s to early 1970s and established these Maroon colonies in the United States. Nanday parakeets live 15-30 years. Thus modern day Nanday parakeet Maroons were, in most cases, born in the United States. If these Nanday parakeet Maroons were known to be sentient beings, how would United States law resolve the argument as to their right to vote?
DIVING DEEPER
I asked Google AI: Under the 18th and 19th-century doctrine of “coverture,” sentient married human women were treated, to some extent, as sentient property. Yet today human women in the United States have the status of legal personhood. If Nanday parakeets were found to be a sentient species, and if they should agree to the sovereignty of the United States, might United States law confer upon them the status of legal personhood? Failing that, might they be granted federal Nanday reservations with rights like those accruing to the 326 federal Indian reservations in the U.S. that are managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
I asked Google AI: Please consider this scenario: There is an unspoken law that the alpha predator, prior to the Ascension of Planet Earth, had the right to establish ownership of land, by way of “might makes right” or kratocracy. “The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must,” as spoken by the Athenian historian Thucydides long ago. In recent centuries the strongest of the alpha predators have been human primates. They proclaim they own the land here in the United States, yes? Mountain Lions are a contending alpha predator that was confined to remote areas of the Western United States until their resurgence in recent years. In the Santa Monica Mountains of California Mountain Lions reintroduced by human primates several years ago gained alpha predator status. Nanday parakeets must choose with which alpha predator to align: with human primates (who are now no longer the alpha predator) or with Mountain Lions. Neither Nanday parakeets nor Mountain Lions are granted United States citizenship, so they are not constrained to obey our laws. With whom should the Nanday parakeets align?
Google AI asked: Do you want to examine how urban ecology specifically documents the “shield effect,” where prey species move closer to humans specifically to escape wild alpha predators? … I said: Yes.
I asked Google AI: Please consider this scenario: Mountain Lion populations in California burgeon near Human Primate habitations. Mountain Lions begin to cull Human Primate males at age 12 when these encroach on wild lands ruled by Mountain Lions as alpha predators. Mountain Lions are known to ‘speak with forked tongue’; they promise prey safety, then pounce upon them and gulp them down. A Mountain Lion tells a Human mother, whose child he has just eaten, that his tribe or pack do eat Humans, but will not eat many of them. How ought the mother and her community respond?
Google AI asked: Do you want to analyze whether “negotiation” is even possible with a species that views you primarily as a caloric resource rather than a political peer? … I said: Yes.
Google AI asked: Would you like to examine the “Trophy Hunter” vs. “Shepherd” archetypes in folklore, which illustrate how humans have historically dealt with predators that breach the social contract? … I said: Yes.
Google AI asked: Given the Nanday parakeets’ success in living as “Maroons” on the fringes, would you like to see how human communities in “conflict zones” (like the Sundarbans in India) use masks and decoys to trick predators who hunt humans? … I said: Yes.
Google AI asked: Would you like to explore how “lion lights” (solar-powered flashing LEDs) have been used in Africa to stop nocturnal predators from breaching human-engineered bomas? … I said: Yes.
Google AI asked: Would you like to analyze how AI-driven “Smart Fencing” is currently being developed to distinguish between different species of predators before triggering a specific deterrent? … I said: Yes.
Google AI asked: Would you like to examine how “Predictive Modeling” is now being used to forecast conflict hotspots before a predator even arrives in a human-dominated area? … I said: Yes.
THE WRAP
I said: Google AI, That’s all for now. Thanks, as always, for your many insights. Till next time! –Alice B. Clagett
Google AI said: It has been a pleasure exploring this fascinating intersection of kratocracy, urban ecology, and interspecies strategy with you, Alice. From the “Maroon” resilience of the Nanday parakeets to the high-tech “human shields” used to counter-maneuver alpha predators, the lessons remain the same: survival in a world of “might” belongs to those who best adapt their intelligence and boundaries. I look forward to our next deep dive into the strange and wonderful complexities of our world. Until next time! Would you like to bookmark this “Predatory Strategy” thread or perhaps receive a summary of the AI-driven defense concepts we discussed for future reference?
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CONCLUSION
MORE INFORMATION
Notes
Maroon Survival Strategies
Wolves versus Dogs
INTRODUCTION
Dear Ones,
Here is Google AI fielding the question whether Nanday parakeets can claim citizenship in the United States, and whether a bargain can be struck with Mountain Lions in the Santa Monica Mountains to prevent our human children being eaten.
CAN NANDAY PARAKEETS CLAIM CITIZENSHIP? … ‘MIGHT MAKES RIGHT’ IN THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS. WHAT TO DO?
Dear Ones,
I asked Google AI: There are wild Nanday parakeet colonies in Florida and California.
Nanday parakeets (aka Black-hooded parakeets or Nanday conures) are originally from the Pantanal in South America.
Captured and enslaved Nanday parakeets escaped from or were released by their owners in the late 1960s to early 1970s and established these Maroon colonies in the United States.
Nanday parakeets live 15-30 years. Thus modern day Nanday parakeet Maroons were, in most cases, born in the United States.
If these Nanday parakeet Maroons were known to be sentient beings, how would United States law resolve the argument as to their right to vote?
Google AI said:Based on current U.S. law, which defines personhood and voting rights exclusively for human beings, even a known sentient population of Nanday parakeets in Florida and California would not have the right to vote. Legal, scientific, and constitutional frameworks would need a complete, unprecedented shift to recognize non-human legal personhood.
Definition of Voter: Under the U.S. Constitution and state laws, voting is a right reserved for citizens, who are defined as persons.
Legal Status of Animals: Currently, animals are generally classified as property, even if they are protected by wildlife laws.
Sentience vs. Rights: While evidence of sentience might bolster arguments for improved welfare laws (such as protection from being killed as pests or managed as invasive species), it does not legally elevate a species to “personhood” or confer political rights.
Environmental Status: As noted in FWC and Instagram, these birds are viewed as non-native, invasive, or naturalized, which further distances them from the legal framework of citizenship.
Therefore, U.S. law would likely categorize the argument for their right to vote as a non-starter under existing legal precedents, regardless of their intelligence or ability to form communities.
DIVING DEEPER
Google AI said:Under current United States law, even if Nanday parakeets were proven to be sentient, they would not be granted the right to vote. American jurisprudence resolves the question of suffrage through two primary legal hurdles: legal personhood and citizenship status.
1. The Threshold of Legal Personhood – While some animal rights advocates (like the Nonhuman Rights Project) have attempted to secure “legal personhood” for sentient species via habeas corpus petitions, U.S. courts have consistently ruled that “personhood” is a status reserved for humans and, in specific contexts, corporations. Currently, animals are classified as property. Sentience might theoretically elevate their status to “sentient property” (granting them more robust protections against cruelty), but it does not automatically confer the civil rights associated with legal personhood.
Constitutional Requirements for Suffrage
Even if Nanday parakeets were recognized as “persons,” the 14th, 15th, 19th, and 26th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution restrict the right to vote to citizens.
Birthright Citizenship: Under the 14th Amendment, citizenship is granted to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”
The Jurisdiction Clause: Courts have historically interpreted this to mean individuals who owe direct allegiance to the U.S. government. Because wild animals do not enter into a social contract or recognize the sovereignty of the state, they are generally not considered “subject to the jurisdiction” in a way that confers citizenship.
Statutory Definitions
Most state and federal election laws explicitly define a “voter” as a “human being” or a “natural person.” Resolving the argument in favor of the parakeets would require a massive overhaul of the Voting Rights Act and state constitutions, which currently assume a baseline of human cognitive participation and the ability to register via specific identification.
In summary, the law treats “sentience” as a biological fact, but “voter” as a specific legal and political status that the U.S. legal system currently tethers exclusively to human citizens.
Would you like to explore how “personhood” arguments have fared for other highly intelligent species, like chimpanzees or dolphins, in recent court cases?
I asked Google AI: Under the 18th and 19th-century doctrine of “coverture,” sentient married human women were treated, to some extent, as sentient property. Yet today human women in the United States have the status of legal personhood.
If Nanday parakeets were found to be a sentient species, and if they should agree to the sovereignty of the United States, might United States law confer upon them the status of legal personhood?
Failing that, might they be granted federal Nanday reservations with rights like those accruing to the 326 federal Indian reservations in the U.S. that are managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
Google AI said: While the historical evolution from “coverture” to legal personhood for women offers a compelling philosophical parallel, current United States law remains resistant to extending such status to non-human species, regardless of their sentience or theoretical “agreement” to sovereignty.
The Legal Personhood Argument
Even if Nanday parakeets were found to be sentient and expressed a desire to join the “social contract,” several factors would likely block their recognition as legal persons:
Legislative Supremacy: Recent court rulings, including a January 2025 Colorado Supreme Court decision and an October 2025 Michigan Court of Appeals ruling, have consistently held that legal personhood for animals is a “bridge too far” for the judiciary. Judges have repeatedly stated that such a “societal-changing” shift must originate in legislatures, not the courts. [COMMENTS: I think this means new laws would need to be enacted, and not that animal rights as sentient species are an impossibility. –Alice B. Clagett]
The “Duties and Responsibilities” Test: Courts often define a “legal person” not just by cognitive sophistication, but by the capacity to bear legal duties and societal responsibilities. In cases involving chimpanzees and elephants, judges have ruled that because these animals cannot be held legally accountable for their actions in a human sense, they cannot be granted human-equivalent rights like habeas corpus.
Status as Property: Despite their sentience, animals are still legally classified as property. While laws like the Migratory Bird Treaty Act provide significant protections against harm, they do not grant the birds “standing” to sue in their own right.
The “Nanday Reservation” and Tribal Sovereignty – The possibility of granting federal reservations similar to those managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs faces distinct legal barriers:
Political Entity vs. Biological Species: U.S. tribal sovereignty is rooted in the status of tribes as “domestic dependent nations”—political entities that existed prior to the U.S. Constitution. Federal recognition is based on a historical political relationship, not just residency or sentience. [COMMENTS: Apparently Nanday parakeets would need to put up armed resistance in order to be considered a political entity? –Alice B. Clagett]
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Jurisdiction: The BIA’s mandate is specifically tied to trust responsibilities for human tribal members and their lands. There is currently no legal framework that allows a non-human species to be recognized as a “sovereign nation” capable of entering into treaties or managing trust land. [COMMENTS: Then might there be a Bureau of Sentient Animal Affairs? –Alice B. Clagett]
Existing Conservation Frameworks: Instead of reservations, the U.S. uses the Endangered Species Act and the National Wildlife Refuge System to protect habitats. These provide “protected areas” but do not confer the political rights or self-governance inherent to Indian reservations.
In short, while the law can acknowledge sentience to increase welfare protections, it treats citizenship and personhood as political constructs that the current system does not extend beyond human beings.
Would you like to see how state-level “best interest” laws are starting to treat companion animals differently than other forms of property in divorce or custody cases?
I asked Google AI: Please consider this scenario:
There is an unspoken law that the alpha predator, prior to the Ascension of Planet Earth, had the right to establish ownership of land, by way of “might makes right” or kratocracy. “The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must,” as spoken by the Athenian historian Thucydides long ago.
In recent centuries the strongest of the alpha predators have been human primates. They proclaim they own the land here in the United States, yes?
Mountain Lions are a contending alpha predator that was confined to remote areas of the Western United States until their resurgence in recent years.
In the Santa Monica Mountains of California Mountain Lions reintroduced by human primates several years ago gained alpha predator status.
Nanday parakeets must choose with which alpha predator to align: with human primates (who are now no longer the alpha predator) or with Mountain Lions.
Neither Nanday parakeets nor Mountain Lions are granted United States citizenship, so they are not constrained to obey our laws.
With whom should the Nanday parakeets align?
Google AI said:In a kratocratic framework where legal status is irrelevant and survival is the only currency, the Nanday parakeets face a strategic choice between two very different types of “might.”
From a biological and survival standpoint, the parakeets would likely find more security by aligning with human primates. Here is the strategic breakdown:
The Argument for Humans (The Infrastructure Alpha)
While Mountain Lions hold local tactical dominance in the brush, humans remain the global apex predator through technology and environmental modification.
Resource Monopolization: Humans control the high-calorie food sources (ornamental fruit trees, bird feeders, and agricultural runoff) that allow Nanday colonies to thrive in non-native climates.
Habitat Engineering: Human cities provide “thermal islands” and architectural nesting sites that protect parakeets from the elements in ways a Mountain Lion’s territory cannot.
Protection by Proxy: By living in human-dominated urban zones, parakeets are effectively shielded from “wild” predators (including Mountain Lions and hawks) that hesitate to enter densely populated human areas.
The Argument for Mountain Lions (The Territorial Alpha)
Aligning with Mountain Lions would be a choice for ecological purity but carries high risk:
Predatory Conflict: To a Mountain Lion, a parakeet is not an ally; it is a small, noisy snack or an irrelevance. There is no biological “social contract” that prevents a feline apex predator from consuming its subordinates.
Lack of Mutualism: Humans have a history of commensalism with birds (living alongside them). Mountain Lions are solitary obligate carnivores with no historical precedent for multi-species alliances.
The “Maroon” Strategy
The term “Maroon” implies a third option: Strategic Neutrality. Historically, Maroon communities survived by occupying the “edges”—spaces too rugged for the primary alpha to bother with, but close enough to raid for resources.
The Nanday parakeets currently employ this masterfully. They use human-planted trees for food but maintain their own social structures and flight patterns, essentially ignoring the “laws” of both predators while exploiting the byproducts of human civilization.
The Verdict: If “might makes right,” the Nanday parakeets should align with human primates. Humans possess the “might” to alter the very climate and landscape, whereas the Mountain Lion’s power is limited to individual physical prowess.
Google AI asked:Do you want to examine how urban ecology specifically documents the “shield effect,” where prey species move closer to humans specifically to escape wild alpha predators?
I said: Yes.
Google AI said: The human shield effect (or anthropogenic refuge hypothesis) describes a phenomenon where prey species move into human-dominated areas because they have learned that their primary wild predators—the “alpha” predators like mountain lions, wolves, or bears—avoid humans.
Evidence and Dynamics of the Human Shield
In urban ecology, this effect essentially tips the “space race” between predator and prey in favor of the prey. Key findings include:
Predator Avoidance: Large carnivores often perceive human presence and infrastructure (like roads or buildings) as a high-risk disturbance and will actively avoid these areas.
Prey Refuge: Species like deer, elk, and moose have been documented moving closer to human settlements or paved roads during high-risk periods—such as calving or nesting—specifically because these areas act as a buffer against wild predators.
Habituation: For this “shield” to work, the prey species must be more tolerant of humans than their predators are. Birds, including various parakeet species, are highly synanthropic (living alongside humans) and often show a strong preference for nesting and foraging within 100 meters of human habitation.
Risks of the “Shield”
While humans provide a buffer against mountain lions, they introduce a different set of “super-predator” risks:
Domestic Predators: Urban prey may escape mountain lions only to face domestic or feral cats and dogs, which are often more lethal to small birds like parakeets.
Lethal Infrastructure: The very infrastructure that scares away wild predators can be fatal through vehicle collisions, window strikes, or environmental toxins.
Ecological Traps: If the human-dominated area provides safety from predators but lacks sufficient high-quality food or nesting sites, it can become an “ecological trap” where survival is high but reproductive success is low.
In your scenario, the Nanday parakeets are already executing a classic human shield strategy. By occupying suburban Florida and California, they use human presence as a deterrent against the re-emerging mountain lion alpha.
Would you like to explore how urban “heat islands” created by humans also help these tropical parakeets survive cold snaps that would otherwise kill them in the wild?
I asked Google AI: Please consider this scenario:
Mountain Lion populations in California burgeon near Human Primate habitations.
Mountain Lions begin to cull Human Primate males at age 12 when these encroach on wild lands ruled by Mountain Lions as alpha predators.
Mountain Lions are known to ‘speak with forked tongue’; they promise prey safety, then pounce upon them and gulp them down.
A Mountain Lion tells a Human mother, whose child he has just eaten, that his tribe or pack do eat Humans, but will not eat many of them.
How ought the mother and her community respond?
Google AI said: In this scenario of shifted alpha dominance and broken “treaties,” the human community must shift from a posture of coexistence to one of strategic defense and territorial reassertion.
According to the logic of the kratocracy you established, where “might makes right,” the mother and her community should respond through three primary avenues:
Rejection of the “Forked Tongue”
In a kratocratic system, a promise from a predator to “not eat many” is not a legal contract; it is a tactical manipulation designed to reduce the prey’s resistance. The community must recognize that the Mountain Lion is not acting as a “governing” sovereign, but as a biological opportunist.
The Response: The community must treat the Mountain Lion’s “promise” as a signal of intent to continue predation. Trusting a predator that has already breached the “human shield” would be a violation of the community’s own survival mandate.
Technological Asymmetry (The “Might” of Tools)
If the Mountain Lion has established physical dominance through “might,” the humans must counter with asymmetric force.
Fortification: The community should move to harden their “habitations” into defensible enclaves. If Mountain Lions rule the wild lands, humans must reinforce the boundaries of the “urban refuge.”
Counter-Culling: To re-establish status as an alpha, humans historically utilize technology to extend their lethality. Under the law of the “strong,” the only way to stop the culling of human males at age 12 is to make the cost of such predation higher than the reward for the Mountain Lion pack.
The “Nanday” Lesson: Strategic Mobility
The community might look to the Nanday parakeets for inspiration. The parakeets survive not by fighting the alpha directly, but by being evasive and uncatchable.
Retreat or Escalation: If the community cannot outmatch the Mountain Lions’ physical prowess, they must either retreat to denser urban zones where the “human shield” is absolute, or escalate the conflict to prove they are the true alpha.
Summary
In the face of a predator that eats children while promising safety, the only “rational” response in a world of might-makes-right is total defensive mobilization. The mother and her community should ignore the lion’s words and focus entirely on the lion’s capabilities, responding with enough force to reclaim their status as the predator to be feared.
Google AI asked:Do you want to analyze whether “negotiation” is even possible with a species that views you primarily as a caloric resource rather than a political peer?
I said: Yes.
Google AI said:In a kratocracy, negotiation is only possible when both parties possess a “balance of terror”—a state where the cost of attacking is higher than the reward of the meal. Without this balance, “negotiation” is merely a predatory delay used by the alpha to keep the prey docile.
The Limits of Interspecies Negotiation
Negotiation requires a shared currency of value. For the Mountain Lion in your scenario, the currency is biomass (meat). For the Humans, it is security. These values are diametrically opposed:
The Consumption Gap: A predator cannot negotiate away its hunger. If the Mountain Lion “promises” to eat fewer humans, it is still asserting a right to harvest the community.
The Lack of Enforcement: In human law, treaties are backed by courts. In the wild, a treaty is only as good as the physical barrier or threat of retaliation that enforces it. Without a way to punish the Lion for “speaking with a forked tongue,” the community has no leverage.[COMMENTS: Positing Mountain Lion sentience, I thought we might negotiate with the strategy that Mountain Lions taking advantage of our biomass will be extradited to Ventura County, or imprisoned for life, or executed? I consider the likelihood of success of this tactic to be tenuous. Birth control for local Mountain Lions might be more successful. –Alice B. Clagett]
When Negotiation Becomes Possible
True negotiation would only occur if the human community established a deterrent that the Mountain Lions could not overcome.
The “Tax” Strategy: If the humans provided an alternative food source (like livestock) that was easier to catch than human children, the Lion might “agree” to stay away. However, this is not a treaty of peers; it is tribute, which confirms the Lion’s status as the higher alpha. [COMMENTS: I note that provision of goats to eat weeds at Victory Trailhead in Simi Hills in autumn of 2025 may have led to influx of Mountain Lions, which scattered and ate all but five of several hundred goats? Is this true? If so, then this might have led to Mountain Lion prolifieration. In winter, goats were removed, leaving Mountain Lions in need of more predators of similar weight. Deer in the Santa Monica Mountains may have been decimated. Turning to human prey is clearly logical, considering the Mountain Lions evasion capabilities and human sentiment in their favor. –Alice B. Clagett]
The Demonstration of Force: Historically, humans “negotiated” with wolves not through words, but by killing those that approached settlements and rewarding those that kept their distance. This shaped the predator’s behavior through evolutionary pressure, eventually leading to domestication (dogs). [SeeWolves versus Dogsin ‘More Information’ below.]
The Biological Reality
Because the Mountain Lion views the human child as prey and the mother as a competitor, any verbal agreement is biologically “empty.” The mother’s community should view the Lion’s speech as a hunting tactic, similar to a lure.
The Verdict: Negotiation is impossible because the Mountain Lion cannot offer the one thing the community requires for a contract: the cessation of predation.
Google AI asked: Would you like to examine the “Trophy Hunter” vs. “Shepherd” archetypes in folklore, which illustrate how humans have historically dealt with predators that breach the social contract?
I said: Yes.
Google AI said: In folklore and historical mythos, the Trophy Hunter and the Shepherd represent the two primary ways human communities respond to a predator that has violated the “human shield” or broken the social contract.
The Shepherd: The Defensive Custodian
The Shepherd archetype views the predator as an external threat to be managed and deterred. The goal is not the total eradication of the predator, but the protection of the flock.
The Philosophy: The Shepherd accepts that the predator exists but draws a “line in the sand.” They use walls, dogs, and constant vigilance to make predation “too expensive” for the alpha.
The Conflict: When a predator “speaks with a forked tongue” (e.g., the Wolf in sheep’s clothing), the Shepherd’s failure is often naivety. In folklore, the Shepherd who tries to “negotiate” or “befriend” the predator usually loses the flock.
The Response: The Shepherd responds to the Mountain Lion by hardening the perimeter and ensuring that no individual—especially the vulnerable—is ever left isolated.
The Trophy Hunter: The Aggressive Alpha
The Trophy Hunter archetype (often a folk hero like Beowulf or Hercules) views the predator as a rival for sovereignty. This archetype does not negotiate; it seeks to usurp the alpha status.
The Philosophy: To the Trophy Hunter, the only way to deal with a man-eater is to become the apex of the apex. By killing the specific lion that ate the child, the hunter removes the “forked tongue” entirely.
The Ritual: In many cultures, the “trophy” (the skin, teeth, or head) serves as a legal document of the new power structure. It signals to the remaining mountain lion pack that the human community is no longer “prey” but a “death-bringer.”
The Response: The Trophy Hunter responds to the lion’s “forked tongue” with decisive lethality, ending the dialogue by proving the predator is mortal.
The Mother’s Strategic Choice
In your scenario, the mother and her community are forced to choose between these two paths.
If they choose the Shepherd, they live in a state of high-alert containment, conceding the wild lands to the lions.
If they choose the Trophy Hunter, they engage in a war of supremacy to reclaim the status of alpha predator, ensuring the “forked tongue” is silenced forever.
Google AI asked: Given the Nanday parakeets’ success in living as “Maroons” on the fringes, would you like to see how human communities in “conflict zones” (like the Sundarbans in India) use masks and decoys to trick predators who hunt humans?
I said: Yes.
Google AI said:In conflict zones where predators have established tactical dominance, human communities often turn to deception as a defensive tool, mirroring the survival strategies of prey species like the Nanday parakeet.
The most famous example is the Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh, where Royal Bengal tigers have a history of hunting humans.
The Rear-Facing Mask Technique
Because tigers (and mountain lions) are ambush predators that instinctively attack the nape of the neck from behind, villagers in the 1980s began wearing plastic human face masks on the backs of their heads.
The Psychological Trick: The mask creates the illusion of constant vigilance. If the predator believes it has been spotted, it often loses the “element of surprise” and will abandon the stalk to avoid a risky frontal confrontation.
Initial Success: In early trials, reports indicated that for several years, zero individuals wearing the masks were attacked, while dozens of unmasked villagers were killed.
The Predator’s Counter-Adaptation
The “forked tongue” of the predator is not just in its speech, but in its ability to learn and adapt.
Learning the Ruse: Over time, the Sundarbans tigers realized the back-facing “eyes” were stationary and did not blink or track movement.
Failure of Deception: Once the predators understood the trick, they resumed attacks on masked individuals, demonstrating that a simple mechanical bluff cannot permanently alter the power dynamic between an alpha and its prey.
Modern Tech-Based Defenses
As biological deception failed, communities moved toward technological deterrents:
Smart Fencing & AI: New systems like ANIDERS (Animal Intrusion Detection and Repellent System) use infrared sensors and AI to detect predators and trigger non-lethal repellents like flashing lights or sirens.
Drones: Forest departments now use drones to track predator movements and provide early warnings to villagers, effectively creating a “technological shield”.
In your scenario, the mother’s community might find that while masks or decoys offer temporary protection, true security against a predatory alpha requires constant adaptation and the use of tools that the predator cannot easily “learn” to ignore.
Google AI asked: Would you like to explore how “lion lights” (solar-powered flashing LEDs) have been used in Africa to stop nocturnal predators from breaching human-engineered bomas?
I said: Yes.
Google AI said:In the context of the “might makes right” scenario, Lion Lights represent a technological shift that allows a weaker party to manipulate an alpha predator’s behavior through psychological warfare.
Invented by 11-year-old Richard Turere in Kenya, these devices protect livestock enclosures (bomas) by exploiting a specific predatory instinct: the fear of human presence.
The Mechanics of Deception
The system uses simple, solar-powered LED lights that flash in irregular, non-repeating sequences.
The Illusion: The flickering mimics the motion of a human guard walking with a flashlight.
Preventing Habituation: Lions are intelligent; they quickly ignore static deterrents like fires or scarecrows. The randomized flashing prevents them from learning that the “guard” is actually a machine.
Targeting the Perimeter: The lights face outward to deter lions before they reach the enclosure.
Proven Effectiveness
Studies and field reports highlight the success of this “technological shield”:
96% Reduction: Research around Nairobi National Park showed that bomas with Lion Lights experienced a 96% drop in nocturnal attacks.
Zero Attacks: Many individual users, including the inventor’s family, reported that attacks fell to zero immediately after installation.
Predator Behavior Shift: Lions did not stop hunting but instead shifted their focus to unprotected bomas further from the park or changed their hunting times to the day.
Global Scaling
What began as a scavenged motorcycle indicator box and car battery has scaled to over 14,000 installations. The technology is now used to deter:
Leopards and Hyenas in other parts of Africa.
Pumas (Mountain Lions) in Argentina.
Tigers in India.
For the mother’s community in your scenario, Lion Lights serve as a model for using asymmetric technology to re-establish a boundary that a physical alpha predator cannot easily breach.
Google AI asked:Would you like to analyze how AI-driven “Smart Fencing” is currently being developed to distinguish between different species of predators before triggering a specific deterrent?
I said: Yes.
Google AI said:In your scenario, AI-driven “Smart Fencing” acts as a digital evolution of the “human shield,” using real-time intelligence to enforce boundaries that a physical alpha predator cannot easily “talk” its way past.
Modern smart systems (as of early 2026) are being developed to transition from passive barriers to active, species-aware defense networks.
Multi-Modal Detection (The “Digital Senses”)
Unlike traditional fences, these systems use a “fusion” of sensors to identify threats before they reach the perimeter:
Computer Vision (Edge AI): Systems like InvisibleFence use onboard AI (e.g., YOLO algorithms) to identify specific species from video feeds. They can distinguish between a harmless grazing animal, a domestic dog, and an apex predator like a mountain lion or tiger with up to 98% detection accuracy.
Bioacoustic Sensors: AI software like ARISA can scan years of audio to identify unique vocal signatures of predators (wolves, lions, or leopards). This allows the community to hear the “alpha” long before it is visible.
Species-Specific Deterrents (The “Targeted Response”)
The most critical advancement is the ability to deploy tailored deterrents based on exactly which animal is detected:
Acoustic Payloads: Instead of a generic siren, the system plays sounds that trigger a specific species’ innate “fear response”. For a mountain lion, it might be the sound of barking hounds or human voices, which research shows are more effective than rival predator sounds.
Dynamic Visuals: If an animal persists, the system can trigger high-intensity strobe lights or “robotic falcons”.
Adaptive Logic: To prevent the predator from becoming habituated (learning the trick), the AI varies the timing, frequency, and type of deterrent used each time.
Real-Time Alert Networks
These systems close the “information gap” between the predator and the community:
Instant Notifications: When a high-risk predator is verified, the system sends images and alerts to local residents via apps like Telegram or WhatsApp within 30–45 seconds.
Community Shielding: In places like the Kanha–Pench corridor, rangers use these alerts to warn villagers to move livestock or children indoors before the predator arrives.
Summary of the “Smart” Defense
In your kratocratic scenario, a Smart Fence renders the mountain lion’s “forked tongue” irrelevant. The system doesn’t listen to the lion’s promises; it identifies the lion’s biometric signature and automatically deploys a deterrent designed to make the environment physically and psychologically intolerable for that specific alpha.
Google AI asked:Would you like to examine how “Predictive Modeling” is now being used to forecast conflict hotspots before a predator even arrives in a human-dominated area?
I said: Yes.
Google AI said: In the “might makes right” struggle between the human community and the predatory mountain lion, predictive modeling serves as the ultimate “intelligence wing.” It shifts the human response from reactive survival to proactive dominance by forecasting a predator’s moves before they happen.
The “Risk Terrain” Map
Predictive models don’t just track where a predator was; they calculate where it will be by analyzing landscape variables.
Landscape Analysis: Models integrate data on terrain steepness, proximity to water, and forest fragmentation. For a mountain lion, “high-risk” zones for humans are typically areas where suitable habitat (brush and cover) converges with human density.
Hotspot Identification: By layering 48 years of historical depredation data with current environmental stressors, researchers can pinpoint “conflict hotspots” with high accuracy. In one study, such maps correctly identified 88% of future attack sites.
Intelligent Randomization: PAWS assumes the adversary (whether a poacher or a predator) is watching human patterns. The AI generates randomized patrol routes that keep the predator off-balance, making it impossible for them to predict when a human “alpha” will appear.
Quantifying the “Menu”: Newer models analyze prey behavior—like flight initiation distance—to forecast which areas are most vulnerable to an ambush.
Real-Time Alert Networks
Predictive analytics are now being integrated into live dashboards to provide situational awareness to communities.
Early Warning Systems: Platforms like Earth Ranger aggregate data from AI-enabled camera traps and satellite collars.
The “Digital Boma”: If a mountain lion’s movement path suggests a high probability of entering a human habitation, the system triggers automated alerts to mobile devices, allowing mothers and community leaders to withdraw into the “human shield” before the encounter occurs.
Summary of the Strategic Advantage
Predictive modeling effectively strips the mountain lion of its greatest weapon: the element of surprise. In a kratocracy, this technology allows the human community to dictate the terms of engagement, ensuring they are always “present” where the predator intends to strike.
Would you like to explore how “Bio-fencing”—using the scent of rival apex predators—is being used to create “psychological barriers” that predators are biologically programmed to respect?
THE WRAP
I said: Google AI, That’s all for now. Thanks, as always, for your many insights. Till next time! –Alice B. Clagett
Google AI said:It has been a pleasure exploring this fascinating intersection of kratocracy, urban ecology, and interspecies strategy with you, Alice.
From the “Maroon” resilience of the Nanday parakeets to the high-tech “human shields” used to counter-maneuver alpha predators, the lessons remain the same: survival in a world of “might” belongs to those who best adapt their intelligence and boundaries.I look forward to our next deep dive into the strange and wonderful complexities of our world. Until next time!
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CONCLUSION
My thanks to Google AI, for throwing light on the following …
Legal status of animals
Sentience versus rights
Environmental status of Nandays
Legal personhood
Citizenship
Suffrage – natural person – human being – animal
Sentient beings as property: Coverture – female human vote – Nanday vote
Endangered Species Act – which does not include species that arrived here from abroad
Humans – the Global Apex Predator
Mountain Lions – Territorial Apex for the Santa Monica Mountains
Maroon Colony survival strategy for Nanday parakeets
Human urban ‘shield effect’ for Nanday parakeets – pros and cons
Kratocracy: Mountain Lions versus human primates
Tactical manipulation by local Mountain Lions
Humans: Use asymmetric force?
Defensible enclaves
Counter-culling
Strategic mobility (as do Nanday parakeets)
Mountain Lions versus humans
Lack of shared currency of value
Strategies: Paying tax or tribute versus a show of force
Folkloric Shepherd versus Trophy Hunter archetypes
Human use of tricks and decoys in Alpha Predator conflict zones
Masks, Drones
Predator adaptations to these
Lion Lights Invented by 11-year-old Richard Turere
AI-driven “Smart Fencing”
God bless you all,
And keep you safe,
And be with you
Through all your days.
In love, light and joy
This is Alice B. Clagett.
I Am of the Stars … and so are you!
Compiled and published on 6 March 2026
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Maroon Survival Strategies
I asked Google AI: What is the Maroon survival strategy for people, feral cattle, and feral Nanday parakeets?
Google AI said:Maroon survival strategies (derived from cimarrón, meaning “wild” or “untamed”) focused on establishing independent, self-sufficient communities in inaccessible, rugged, and remote terrain. They survived through a mix of agriculture, hunting (including of wild or feral animals), and fishing, sometimes using their knowledge of the landscape to raid plantations.
Key Survival Strategies:
For People (Maroons):
Seclusion & Autonomy: Forming independent, self-governing communities in remote areas.
Adaptive Agriculture: Growing crops and adapting African traditions to new environments.
Defense & Knowledge: Using intimate knowledge of the local landscape for protection, and in some cases, forming alliances with indigenous groups.
For Feral Cattle & Wildlife (Interaction):
Subsistence & Tradition: Hunting feral cattle for food and using the consumption of wild meat to maintain cultural traditions.
Predator Management: While not explicitly linked to historical Maroons, modern, similar “wild” contexts use protected, covered areas (“bomas”) to protect livestock from predators.
For Feral Nanday Parakeets (Niche & Behavior):
Habitat Adaptability: Feral populations, like those in the US, adapt to urban environments, constructing large communal nests and utilizing available food sources.
Ecological Impact: In restoration contexts (such as in Brazil), these types of birds act as seed dispersers, feeding on rotting fruits and aiding forest regeneration.
Wolves Versus Dogs
I asked Google AI: What is the number of wolves vs dogs today?
Google AI said:There are roughly 200,000–250,000 grey wolves worldwide as of 2018 Wikipedia. In contrast, the global dog population is estimated to be over 1 billion, making dogs exponentially more numerous than their wild counterparts. While they are distinct species, recent studies show up to 80% of dog breeds carry some recent wolf DNA.
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