So we're a week into daylight saving time. I think my body clock is close to catching up with the change.
I've been wondering what goes through the mind of pets and farm animals when we humans suddenly change the rules of the game. Humans after all provide domestic animals with their single greatest need - food. So when mankind seemingly arbitrarily pours food into bowls, mangers, and troughs at a different time it has to come as a shock to the pour creatures.
The closest human equivalent I can think of would be to pull up to a fast food place on your way to work and discover the franchise had arbitrarily decided not to open until ten o'clock.
Can you picture the crowds of caffeine starved folks standing with their faces pressed again the plate glass windows in stunned disbelief their java and flash fried food isn't available?
Granted, at this time of year the time change works in favor of animals - they get fed earlier than they expect. Still, it has to have them wondering what happened to shift their world off kilter.
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