| Horsegirl: Your credit cards have already been double billed. Testament to our efficiency, huh? 
 Since this is topic is under the livestock heading, I should make it clear that by double billing, I'm not referring to the Ornithorhynchus Anatinus, but to an entirely different species with a poisonous spur, the stock guru.
 
 Those of you who have fallen prey to stock gurus should consider sending away for our affordable booklet on antipredator behavior ($459.99, used paperback).
 
 Here's the definition from the "Encyclopedia of Farm Animal Behavior" (http://www.liru.asft.ttu.edu/EFAB/letter.asp?Letter=A): "Any action having the purpose of reducing attacks by predators or diminishing their harm to an individual or group. Antipredator behavior includes cryptic behavior, vigilance, avoidance or escape, grouping, temporary group dispersion, defensive formation, selection of protective nest site, distraction of the predator from the nest site or offspring, threat display, discharge of noxious substances, and attack."
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