Quote Originally Posted by angllady2 View Post
Mine like to play computer games with me. Akashi, Koroku, Kuri, and Mauro are all computer junkies.

Nago is a napper, he like to sleep with his head on my shoulder when I read.

Kina loves a good game of hide and seek under the blanket on my bed.

Toki is a model, she loves to see how long she can hold a pose.

Mystic and Yakul just play turtle with me.

Little Okoto likes to play tug-o-rat with me, so I watch my fingers with him.

Little Kodama doesn't come out to play yet, he doesn't trust me.

Gale

This is fascinating to me. I'm floored by the degree of personification attributed to each animal, as if they have likes and dislikes and cognitive opinions or hobbies. I'm imagining a snake anxiously banging into its tank or tub in frustration until it gets the opportunity to come watch you play videogames or something.

I suppose 'playing turtle', 'hide and seek', etc., is a friendly way of saying the animal is fearing for its life and defensively avoiding predation by a much-larger, unfamiliar animal.

Forgive me if your post was meant to be humorous. I just find the mentality of it all very interesting, akin to people speaking baby-talk to a dog, or smaller animals automatically being considered cute. We humans are strange creatures.