Your spot-on filming, added suspenseful music, and the killer instinct of the bird itself made for an excellent documentary-style short film. I was engaged the entire time! Bravo
Great production values. Very enjoyable film. That last close up of a corpse was a vole. Herons eat a lot more voles than gophers, because voles run around on the surface in tunnels they make through the grass. Especially after heavy rain of course, voles spend even more time at the surface. I used to work at a facility in the middle of 200 acres of grazing pasture, including a large reservoir, and eucalyptus and cypress trees for roosting. It is blue heron paradise. The herons would just wander around picking up frogs, snakes, rodents. There was also a bob cat who came through every day about an hour before sunset picking off voles like they were sliders at happy hour. There were also coyotes and foxes enjoying the smorgasbord, but they did not come close to the "human area" like the herons and bobcats. There were so many voles, that they would run across the parking lot at all hours to feed on the little lawn in the parking lot. Rabbits too - we never mowed the lawn, the grass was always 1/2 inch high. The rodents knew it was much safer to eat next to the building, inside the chainlink fence. Then we got two cats. They cleaned up the voles and rabbits near the building, they even killed enough mice that there were few mice indoors. We had to start mowing the lawn!
Graham Gulker they are an Apex predator. in my opinion, one of the most elegant and beautiful creatures on the planet. They remind me so much of the lineage from dinosaur to bird. It seems to me as if they have kept a lot of what they used to be through the aeons. thanks for the comment :)
Yup! They would probably eat any living bird, mammal, amphibian, or reptile that they could swallow. Surely, one would help with your back yard gopher issues!
Michael Bukay My parents have built a Koi pond and yes...I can confirm this will attract Herons. I have seen a Blue Heron on 2 separate occasions outside the window, pretty cool actually, when they don't eat your Koi.
No kill is wasted in nature... whether the predator consumes the prey, or leaves it for another animal - or even microbes - it'll be recycled before long.
Thanks for your generous complement! I think you might also enjoy this one of an egret struggling to swallow a gopher: ruclips.net/video/EqpKf_PXgjI/видео.html Mike
I feel the hunting instinct is strong, so even if heron just ate it will continue to hunt since it may not be successful next time. Could also be something where the hunting is easy but heron does not like eating gophers, so may hunt to get food but more of backup , note leaving gopher 3 in pool, maybe planned to come back, just my opinion
@@mbukay you wouldn't know if the cat is hungry or not though. A lot of cats are only fed dry kibble which is severely lacking in nutritional value. They will fill themselves up on it (but some cats refuse to eat the junk) but it makes them unhealthy in the long run
My children and I just studied about pocket gophers in the Burgess Animal book. Last year we studied about the Heron in the Burgess Bird Book. We really enjoyed watching this video. I thought the music was especially fun. The children couldn't quite decide whether to be sad for the gopher or happy for the heron. Thank you for sharing!
Not eating prey doesn't indicate they hunt for sport, but, perhaps they do. Wild animals have many reasons to not eat - sickness and disease, for instance
Very interesting adaptation. As a kid I remember them only in swamp, slough's, and river banks. Now I always see them in farmers fields, esp in Autumn and Winter. I witnessed one capturing and promptly eating a field mouse.
I live on a canal on the Texas coast and there is one great blue heron that has lived here for years. in the middle of the night I can hear and see him fly down the canal from my window. it's amazing how big they are
Have you ever read up on the Elephant Bird? It's said to have survived possibly into the 1500s. It's MASSIVE. I wonder what the people who saw them thought.
As a child of 9 to 12 years of age I would catch gophers by hand. My tactic was similar to that of the heron. You’ll notice how the heron keeps it’s head stationary while it’s body moves closer and then the head quickly darts forward for the attack. I would do the same, wait at the hole, when the gopher appeared I would keep my hand stationary while I slowly moved my body closer. This gives the ability to have a greater reach without moving the hand closer and scaring off the gopher. It would work the same in catching frogs. Good memories.
I know, right! I always think of Jack Horner's "chickenosaurus" project, and wonder what this bird would look like with teeth, claws, and a tail. In my opinion, that's the closest we can get to having a real velociraptor or deinonychus at the moment.
+RoboTekno Consider the play of cats... and dogs chasing balls and being delighted by squeaky chewy toys. Many of our pets have converted hunting into play!
Herons seem to have appetite (by sight, not by taste as they swallow-whole everything they catch!) Too many gophers is like "WOT? A burger all the time? No!"
Saw a heron in a field nearby today in the Richmond Hills and wondered what it was hunting. Asked Bing "Do herons eat gophers?" and imagine my surprise when this video turned up, and here in my own city!
Thanks Moe, some talent and love of nature certainly. However I'm blown away by the amount of luck I had in being president to watch this amazing bird kill four gophers in a row!
I wouldn't say the heron is hunting for fun. It likely has an instinct to hunt, but once it catches gophers 3 and 4 it realizes it's not hungry and doesn't eat them.
I hope this video helps dispel the myth that animals only kill to eat, at least that's the oft repeated myth of graduates from the Disney School of Wildlife Biology.
LOL this was so entertaining. That music had me on the edge of my seat forreal. This should be a show on Animal Planet. When Herons Attack:Gopher Edition. When is the next season? :)
Maybe not enough fish; but I think this bird had a liking for hunting the rodents even after it had enough to eat! It would be interesting to put a fish and a gopher side by side and see which one it would prefer. Thanks for watching!
Hahaha, he goes and get's himself another one, before the last one has had time to finish drowning in his stomach acid. lol This makes me glad Dino's are extinct. A T-rex waiting patiently for you to stick your face out the front door. Then he proceeds to use your pool to help wash you down!
Michael loved the "music" chosen . . . Unbelievable! Never knew Herons chose Gophers as their prey. We have Herons on Lake Como here in the Smyrna area!
Hi MaryAnn! Good to hear from you. Whenever you see Herons in a fields or away from water, there is a good chance that they are hunting gophers, lizards, mice, or snakes. All the best to you!
The situation was unusual in that the ground was saturated after several days of heavy rain which I believe caused the gophers to hang out closer to the ground level. I have watched herons try to catch gophers and they miss a lot under normal conditions.
***** This one didn't shake its prey! And it seemed to use dipping it into water to ensure its death (as well as lubricate the gulp). Barneby, what kind of prey was it that you observed a heron shaking?
Michael Bukay Youre all wrong he was right when he said it was drinking water to wash it down and these gophers did die instantly, just like a crane or other birds of prey these type of birds use their long sharp beak to impale their prey even though it kinda looked like he was just picking it up, i mean why else would it be jabbing its head so quickly.. duhh.
Great video and editing, the music made the heron seem very creepy despite being such a beautiful creature. Looked like a strike from that enormous beak took the gophers out pretty fast...
Thanks, Some people think the music was over the top. You can't please everybody. I was thinking of what Alfred Hitchcock might do if he were the producer. This music was a fun experiment!
I guess that is possible. That was filmed in 2012. Recently in 2019 I noticed that there are far fewer gophers in this area. Maybe a disease in addition to the herons reduced their population.
This is such a cool video, I discovered it a couple years ago. Today I saw a Great Egret (white heron about the same size as Great Blue Heron) hunting in a grassy field, and got some photographs of it catching and swallowing a large rodent. I went online to identify the prey (gopher or mole) and discovered it was a mole. And, being inspired by this event to take another look at your video, I realized that the animal getting eaten by the heron in your video is also a mole, not a gopher. Check it out -- fur color, naked vs hairy legs, etc. Not that it matters, I'm mainly posting to commemorate the fact that today I witnessed the same thing. Oh, and I also saw the egret swallow a small snake.
I admire the manner in which the heron first lowers its body keeping the head high as if the he is tightening the tension in the bow before he launches the arrow ( beak). I do not think this Heron is hunting for fun, but to hone his skills for the future when the prey is faster and more difficult to catch. Brilliant Video.
It's what happens when you leave your Oreo half-soaking in milk unattended; someone else comes and eats it before you get back to claim your soggy reward.
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Well, when you eat two gophers, you have to make sure you don't leave witnesses.
lol
smart heron is poisoning the water puddle with a dead gopher maybe? Will he eat the animals that die drinking there later?
hhahahhaaah
Saving some for later. Or that heron just doesn’t like gophers.
If I ate two gophers I'd lose my appetite too!
Your spot-on filming, added suspenseful music, and the killer instinct of the bird itself made for an excellent documentary-style short film. I was engaged the entire time! Bravo
What a lovely, considerate animal. He only eats 2 and leaves 2 for some other hungry bird. So sweet of him.
Great production values. Very enjoyable film.
That last close up of a corpse was a vole. Herons eat a lot more voles than gophers, because voles run around on the surface in tunnels they make through the grass. Especially after heavy rain of course, voles spend even more time at the surface. I used to work at a facility in the middle of 200 acres of grazing pasture, including a large reservoir, and eucalyptus and cypress trees for roosting. It is blue heron paradise. The herons would just wander around picking up frogs, snakes, rodents.
There was also a bob cat who came through every day about an hour before sunset picking off voles like they were sliders at happy hour. There were also coyotes and foxes enjoying the smorgasbord, but they did not come close to the "human area" like the herons and bobcats.
There were so many voles, that they would run across the parking lot at all hours to feed on the little lawn in the parking lot. Rabbits too - we never mowed the lawn, the grass was always 1/2 inch high. The rodents knew it was much safer to eat next to the building, inside the chainlink fence.
Then we got two cats. They cleaned up the voles and rabbits near the building, they even killed enough mice that there were few mice indoors. We had to start mowing the lawn!
Haha i really appreciate the editors sense of humor and attention to detail
+Samuel Carvalho Thanks!
Did he just dunk the gopher in water like its a bbq sauce dip.
+STARKILLER15100 he got the 4 pack it comes w/ free packet of sauce
+Lazarus lol
Lazarus you really like blue hearons dont you. ive seen you on all if the hearon videos ive watched
lmao. granted it didnt add much flavor.
Graham Gulker they are an Apex predator. in my opinion, one of the most elegant and beautiful creatures on the planet. They remind me so much of the lineage from dinosaur to bird. It seems to me as if they have kept a lot of what they used to be through the aeons. thanks for the comment :)
Damn that music made it a serial murderer. Otherwise it was just catching breakfast lunch dinner and a bed time snack in a row.
It is a serial murderer, or do you mean only humans can be murderers?
Excellent capture by both you and the heron !!
Herons are mean, they eat ducklings too. That said, I would give anything to have one visit my gopher infested back yard.
Yup! They would probably eat any living bird, mammal, amphibian, or reptile that they could swallow. Surely, one would help with your back yard gopher issues!
A bird is mean?
Not mean...its a predator,would you call a lion mean? Or an alligator? No right? Exactly
@@mbukay Makes you glad there aren't any Heron around huge enough to swallow humans. Then again we would've hunted them to extinction in return, so...
@@bufordt.justice7777 yes they are
Gophers need to start pickup up on the musical cues here.
The Heron may have eaten more gophers before I caught up with it around 3 p.m. and started filming.
Can I get this Heron to visit my yard?
I understand that some local humane societies will rent out the ones that they get that can't fly......
just kidding.
Just build a koi Pond!
yes
Michael Bukay My parents have built a Koi pond and yes...I can confirm this will attract Herons. I have seen a Blue Heron on 2 separate occasions outside the window, pretty cool actually, when they don't eat your Koi.
really enjoyed that dramatic back round music good work :)
herons, storks and anything in this family are absolutely horrifying birds
birds in general are pretty creepy, outside of seed eating birds like parrots.
He isn't hunting for fun.
He senses if the prey is sick or healthy, if it is sick - he will not eat.
LOL I thought that after "the next morning," you were going to show a field full of dead gophers.
OMG me too!!
+Da'San Ardis Interesting thought!
No kill is wasted in nature... whether the predator consumes the prey, or leaves it for another animal - or even microbes - it'll be recycled before long.
That's so true! In nature, nothing in nature is wasted. Great observation!
Mike
Norman Wells Not in today's society! An easy example is the 'Shark Fin Soup' fiasco.Damn Shame
alchemist89 that means we humans can continue to beat eachothers faces in
Expialajoseph Humans are an exception to the rule as we are a wasteful species.
If that were true we wouldn't have any fossils
OMG, I FN loved your video almost die laughing every time the music started and the startling clink at the time it was caught
Those gophers may have been sick. But that music editing was beautiful. Well done.
I feel like I’m watching some sort of horror movie with this music in the background😂
This is by far the best RUclips video I have ever seen. Kudos.
Thanks for your generous complement!
I think you might also enjoy this one of an egret struggling to swallow a gopher:
ruclips.net/video/EqpKf_PXgjI/видео.html
Mike
Thanks!
''She's hunting for sport!''
***** I think so! Like a non-hungry cat that chases birds.
+FR0ZENP0NDproduction "Everyone... remain... calm..."
clever girl
I feel the hunting instinct is strong, so even if heron just ate it will continue to hunt since it may not be successful next time. Could also be something where the hunting is easy but heron does not like eating gophers, so may hunt to get food but more of backup , note leaving gopher 3 in pool, maybe planned to come back, just my opinion
@@mbukay you wouldn't know if the cat is hungry or not though. A lot of cats are only fed dry kibble which is severely lacking in nutritional value. They will fill themselves up on it (but some cats refuse to eat the junk) but it makes them unhealthy in the long run
My children and I just studied about pocket gophers in the Burgess Animal book. Last year we studied about the Heron in the Burgess Bird Book. We really enjoyed watching this video. I thought the music was especially fun. The children couldn't quite decide whether to be sad for the gopher or happy for the heron. Thank you for sharing!
I was going to say....I could NEVER eat 4 gophers in one sitting.
The heron didn't kill for fun. He worked for the golf club.
I didn't know gophers could o.d. on heroin...
+phillyflash43 Funny!
Good one!
Their kill ratio is amazing.. and they also appear to hunt for sport.
Not eating prey doesn't indicate they hunt for sport, but, perhaps they do. Wild animals have many reasons to not eat - sickness and disease, for instance
Everything needs a hobby.
@Brandon S ...Yes you are right ✅
Many animals do. Cats, dogs, and rats are the biggest causes for decimating wildlife. They simply enjoy killing for the sake of it.
@@jeffjensen8 yeah, because herons herons go to medical school before they leave the best. Duh
POV: This came up in your recommended 7 years later
I forgot videos had expiry dates you idiot
Proof positive that nature can, indeed, be quite dramatic. What a wicked , intelligent bird. Fantastic, natural form of pest control.
Nature and natural selection is so incredible!
Heron: its day 70 and they still think im a duck 0:15
Those are geese
This is really good cinematography!
Thx.
Why hasn't there been a Heron Pokemon yet? Unless there's one that I'm overlooking, I have not seen one as of today.
Fawful theLEGO Good idea! Is there some way this can be suggested?
The closest thing would be Swanna
Dugtrio
so what you care
go away
DOUBLE KILL, TRIPLE KILL, QU-QU-QUADRA KILL
was gonna ace the whole team if it kept going. XD
no, its ultra kill
Pachy The Pirate wipe out !!!!
Bill Murray could've used this guy in Caddyshack
Very interesting adaptation. As a kid I remember them only in swamp, slough's, and river banks. Now I always see them in farmers fields, esp in Autumn and Winter. I witnessed one capturing and promptly eating a field mouse.
"Didn't see that coming!" - Gopher
I live on a canal on the Texas coast and there is one great blue heron that has lived here for years. in the middle of the night I can hear and see him fly down the canal from my window. it's amazing how big they are
And people honestly think dinosaurs would be less scary with feathers. They've obviously never seen a heron hunt. Or been chased by a fucking goose.
Have you ever read up on the Elephant Bird? It's said to have survived possibly into the 1500s. It's MASSIVE. I wonder what the people who saw them thought.
As a child of 9 to 12 years of age I would catch gophers by hand. My tactic was similar to that of the heron. You’ll notice how the heron keeps it’s head stationary while it’s body moves closer and then the head quickly darts forward for the attack. I would do the same, wait at the hole, when the gopher appeared I would keep my hand stationary while I slowly moved my body closer. This gives the ability to have a greater reach without moving the hand closer and scaring off the gopher. It would work the same in catching frogs.
Good memories.
It shows through in the large birds, that the dinosaur lineage is still strong with avians.
JR S. fucking moron, birds are a theropod dinosaur.
I know, right! I always think of Jack Horner's "chickenosaurus" project, and wonder what this bird would look like with teeth, claws, and a tail. In my opinion, that's the closest we can get to having a real velociraptor or deinonychus at the moment.
birds are dinosaurs
The video title is like a newspaper headline on a really slow news day.
On my watch for this video the Heron was a 100% accurate at getting his gophers.
one shot, one kill.
1:15 when you try to eat too much bread at once and are pretty sure these are your final moments.
Ah, the call of the ancient velociraptor reptile ancestors, who also hunted... for sport, is strong in this one .
Ferret Sage The sport IS with this one!
Music choice deserves an Oscar nomination.
I need a Heron just like this one in my backyard!!! I like the spooky music too lol.
Just add a tail then bam ! congrats you have a "Heronosaurs Rex".... but you have to admit it really looks like a dino. Great vid !
Fascinating. Thanks for uploading. Sometimes I forget animals seem to hunt for sport as well.
+RoboTekno Consider the play of cats... and dogs chasing balls and being delighted by squeaky chewy toys. Many of our pets have converted hunting into play!
Very cool video, music made it even more compelling. Thanks! The No. 1 question is where was that heron in Caddyshack?
Amazing footage. Well done!
+Sir Gus the Mighty Thanks! I was lucky to be their at the right time.
Animal rights people must be pissed at this bird.
😂
Goph-fur is murder!
Heron is lust for murder
Herons seem to have appetite (by sight, not by taste as they swallow-whole everything they catch!)
Too many gophers is like "WOT? A burger all the time? No!"
Bill Murry's character needed one of these in Caddyshack. Do a search for "Caddyshack montage (edited)".... that movie was sofunny.
+alan30189 I agree.
This Heron must think like a gopher. And, if possible, look like one.
The making of CS Documentary was as good as the movie.
Saw a heron in a field nearby today in the Richmond Hills and wondered what it was hunting. Asked Bing "Do herons eat gophers?" and imagine my surprise when this video turned up, and here in my own city!
great sound effects nice video .
artisansportsman Glad you enjoyed it.
Wow! Those gophers didn't stand a shot! Speaking of shot, I am thoroughly impressed with the footage you shot, Michael!
Thank you! I love hanging out in nature and occasionally getting some interesting footage.
Very Very Very good music laying with really good filming. Gotta say, if you made this video, you've got good talent there.
Thanks Moe, some talent and love of nature certainly. However I'm blown away by the amount of luck I had in being president to watch this amazing bird kill four gophers in a row!
I wouldn't say the heron is hunting for fun. It likely has an instinct to hunt, but once it catches gophers 3 and 4 it realizes it's not hungry and doesn't eat them.
I hope this video helps dispel the myth that animals only kill to eat, at least that's the oft repeated myth of graduates from the Disney School of Wildlife Biology.
I thought EXACTLY the same thing when I was watching it.
LOL this was so entertaining. That music had me on the edge of my seat forreal.
This should be a show on Animal Planet. When Herons Attack:Gopher Edition. When is the next season? :)
Derrick Jackson Great suggestion!
Someones got the munchies.
"The heron stood for fifteen minutes waiting for other gophers to loot their fallen comrade but to no avail"
I wonder if he's really hunting for fun, or if he realizes he was having a good day and planned on saving the other golfers for later
Herons don’t eat golfers.
@@bufordt.justice7777 Not *yet* anyway.
Those gophers probably killed the heron's family, vengeance is taken care of. Lmao
Maybe not enough fish; but I think this bird had a liking for hunting the rodents even after it had enough to eat! It would be interesting to put a fish and a gopher side by side and see which one it would prefer. Thanks for watching!
Everyone: Oh YAAY!! Spring is coming early this ye....
Heron: **GULP**
Me: Nevermind
The music was awesome with this video. Great job.
Watching this with that music, it was like a peek into the age of dinosaurs, that’s how scary that bird looks while hunting.
Hahaha, he goes and get's himself another one, before the last one has had time to finish drowning in his stomach acid. lol This makes me glad Dino's are extinct. A T-rex waiting patiently for you to stick your face out the front door. Then he proceeds to use your pool to help wash you down!
Dinosaurs are not extinct. Non-avian dinosaurs are extinct. You just watched an avian dinosaur.
Michael loved the "music" chosen . . . Unbelievable! Never knew Herons chose Gophers as their prey. We have Herons on Lake Como here in the Smyrna area!
Hi MaryAnn! Good to hear from you. Whenever you see Herons in a fields or away from water, there is a good chance that they are hunting gophers, lizards, mice, or snakes. All the best to you!
that heron is boss.
The situation was unusual in that the ground was saturated after several days of heavy rain which I believe caused the gophers to hang out closer to the ground level. I have watched herons try to catch gophers and they miss a lot under normal conditions.
Heron boss lol
“Au revoir, gopher”
Yeah right. Gophers don't just die instantly.
Jake Jones With a broken neck, I don't think they felt too much pain--especially when compared to a bird or mouse caught by a cat.
***** This one didn't shake its prey! And it seemed to use dipping it into water to ensure its death (as well as lubricate the gulp). Barneby, what kind of prey was it that you observed a heron shaking?
Michael Bukay Youre all wrong he was right when he said it was drinking water to wash it down and these gophers did die instantly, just like a crane or other birds of prey these type of birds use their long sharp beak to impale their prey even though it kinda looked like he was just picking it up, i mean why else would it be jabbing its head so quickly.. duhh.
That background music every time the Heron strikes 😆
You could not have picked a better music before the strike.
Great video and editing, the music made the heron seem very creepy despite being such a beautiful creature. Looked like a strike from that enormous beak took the gophers out pretty fast...
love the music !
Thanks,
Some people think the music was over the top. You can't please everybody. I was thinking of what Alfred Hitchcock might do if he were the producer. This music was a fun experiment!
@@mbukay Six years later it's still fresh!
@@TheGritherr Thanks! Seems like dinosaurs are always in style!
Fantastic video....Thank you for sharing.
Moment like this actually make us feel how raw and real natural world is....
HERON FOR HIRE
I don't think there would be any trouble renting these guys out!
when you make a snack then realize you're not actually hungry
maybe gophers 3 and 4 had some disease?
I was thinking that too
Not enough meat on the bones.
I guess that is possible. That was filmed in 2012. Recently in 2019 I noticed that there are far fewer gophers in this area. Maybe a disease in addition to the herons reduced their population.
No teeth;
No arms;
No claws.
Evolution, you did a good job.
modern dinosaur..
Sean O'Leary Yup! And every bit an awesome predator!
If there was a 5th gopher their then he must have died out of anxiety.
"Come death embrace me"
This is such a cool video, I discovered it a couple years ago. Today I saw a Great Egret (white heron about the same size as Great Blue Heron) hunting in a grassy field, and got some photographs of it catching and swallowing a large rodent. I went online to identify the prey (gopher or mole) and discovered it was a mole. And, being inspired by this event to take another look at your video, I realized that the animal getting eaten by the heron in your video is also a mole, not a gopher. Check it out -- fur color, naked vs hairy legs, etc. Not that it matters, I'm mainly posting to commemorate the fact that today I witnessed the same thing. Oh, and I also saw the egret swallow a small snake.
I like how intense the music gets through out the video like it's the scariest thing known to man
Thanks you! I was thinking of Alfred Hitchcock when I edited the movie.
When you drive to the grocery store then realize you aren't hungry.
Hot tip: Keep your mouth closed if you look up to watch a heron flying over your boat.
Kudos on the editing and music. Great video.
That Heron could sure use a nice cold Budweiser to wash them gophers down!
I watched a Great Blue scarf down a medium size fish yesterday. I didn't know they did gophers. Thanks for a great video.
I admire the manner in which the heron first lowers its body keeping the head high as if the he is tightening the tension in the bow before he launches the arrow ( beak).
I do not think this Heron is hunting for fun, but to hone his skills for the future when the prey is faster and more difficult to catch.
Brilliant Video.
+Carmel Pule' You may be right about the heron honing is't skills. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
I dig the sound track. Nice use building up suspense.
Either this is edited or the heron never misses.
I found this very entertaining. Nice editing
Thank you!
It's what happens when you leave your Oreo half-soaking in milk unattended; someone else comes and eats it before you get back to claim your soggy reward.
Good stuff Michael. Thanks for sharing.
"Do you know what gophers can do to a golf course!!!!!!!?????" ~~~ Judge Smails
Why are they motionless and limp when picked up?
Is it being impaled by its bill or whatever you call that?
I expected this to be much different.
The experience was not what I expected either! Four for four in one session!
Imagine having to eat your meal by swallowing it whole... fur, feathers, dirt, etc.
and to regard that experience as the equivalent of me or you eating lasagna! A different kind of consciousness and way of being for sure lol
Does he work by the hour or by the gopher? Who’s his agent?