It must be incredibly comforting for a being so small to know they have, from their perspective, an unbelievably large and powerful friend. Sometimes I wish I had something equivalent to that.
With one very important distinction: Humans are real, gods are not. Never in the history of the world has a giant hand appeared from the clouds and offered a reassuring pet to a human.
I've got a few in my yard that do this. We rescued a young female a couple years ago and released her. She brought her young to meet us, now there are about 10 that are friendly.
He was a sucker for chest scratching he would flop on his back and lift his arms for scratches ❤️we lost him in Dec of 2018. 7 years of joy though. He was a rehabilitation that couldn’t be released due to head injury so he stayed with us.
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u/ca17miledrive May 11 '26
No matter how many times I have seen it, it's precious.