{"id":40543,"date":"2025-01-19T12:53:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T12:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=40543"},"modified":"2025-01-19T12:53:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T12:53:34","slug":"what-kind-of-animal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/01\/19\/what-kind-of-animal\/","title":{"rendered":"What Kind of Animal"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/What-Kind-of-Animal-0.mp3\"> What-Kind-of-Animal-0.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/What-Kind-of-Animal-0.mp4\"> What-Kind-of-Animal-0.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/What-Kind-of-Animal-I.mp3\"> What-Kind-of-Animal-I.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/What-Kind-of-Animal-I.mp4\"> What-Kind-of-Animal-I.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/What-Kind-of-Animal-Unplugged-Underground-XIII.mp3\"> What-Kind-of-Animal-Unplugged-Underground-XIII.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/What-Kind-of-Animal-Unplugged-Underground-XIII.mp4\"> What-Kind-of-Animal-Unplugged-Underground-XIII.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/What-Kind-of-Animal-Unplugged.mp3\"> What-Kind-of-Animal-Unplugged.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/What-Kind-of-Animal-Unplugged.mp4\"> What-Kind-of-Animal-Unplugged.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/What-Kind-of-Animal-intro.mp3\"> What-Kind-of-Animal-intro.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nA last-ditch effort<br \/>\n(To save my life)<br \/>\n&#8230; had to resort<br \/>\nTo autonomy<br \/>\n(&#8230; less the death of me)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nWith great strife<br \/>\n(To save my life)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nGnaw off a trapped limb<br \/>\n(To escape predators)<br \/>\nSure hate the place I&#8217;m in<br \/>\n(Lookin&#8217; heavenwards)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nA last-ditch effort<br \/>\n(To save my life)<br \/>\n&#8230; had to resort<br \/>\nTo autonomy<br \/>\n(&#8230; less the death of me)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nWith great strife<br \/>\n(To save my life)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nChew through almost anything<br \/>\n(Just to hear freedom sing)<br \/>\nThe instinct to remain<br \/>\n(Outweighs the price of pain)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nA last-ditch effort<br \/>\n(To save my life)<br \/>\n&#8230; had to resort<br \/>\n(To autonomy)<br \/>\nOr else the death of me<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nWith great strife<br \/>\n(To save my life)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nA last-ditch effort<br \/>\n(To stay alive)<br \/>\nA final resort<br \/>\nTo autonomy<br \/>\n(&#8230; less the death of me)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nStrive to thrive<br \/>\n(And stay alive)<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE SONG<br \/>\nSeveral animals are known to chew off their own limbs to escape a trap or life-threatening situation. This behavior, called <strong>autotomy<\/strong> or <strong>self-amputation<\/strong>, is an extreme survival strategy. Here are examples of animals that may exhibit this behavior:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Foxes<\/strong> \u2013 Known for their resourcefulness, foxes will sometimes gnaw off a trapped limb to escape predators or traps.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coyotes<\/strong> \u2013 Like foxes, coyotes have been observed using this drastic measure to survive.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rats<\/strong> \u2013 These highly adaptable creatures are known to chew through almost anything, including their own limbs, if necessary to escape.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beavers<\/strong> \u2013 Occasionally, beavers caught in traps have been documented chewing off a leg to free themselves.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Raccoons<\/strong> \u2013 Resourceful and resilient, raccoons will sometimes resort to this behavior when stuck.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Why Do They Do It?<\/h3>\n<p>Animals that resort to this behavior do so as a last-ditch effort to save their lives. The instinct to survive outweighs the pain or long-term consequences of losing a limb. While it\u2019s a rare and desperate measure, it highlights the lengths some animals will go to avoid death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLIMATE CHANGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What about humanity trapping itself on Earth by increasing greenhouse gases? We&#8217;ve set our own trap and are now suffering the consequences. What will humanity do next&#8230; metaphorically chew off its own head?<\/p>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/tag\/trapped\/\">Trapped<\/a>&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/Daniel\/\">Daniel<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/X\/\">MegaEpix Enormous<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What-Kind-of-Animal-0.mp3 What-Kind-of-Animal-0.mp4 What-Kind-of-Animal-I.mp3 What-Kind-of-Animal-I.mp4 What-Kind-of-Animal-Unplugged-Underground-XIII.mp3 What-Kind-of-Animal-Unplugged-Underground-XIII.mp4 What-Kind-of-Animal-Unplugged.mp3 What-Kind-of-Animal-Unplugged.mp4 What-Kind-of-Animal-intro.mp3 [Intro] A last-ditch effort (To save my life) &#8230; had to resort To autonomy (&#8230; less the death of me) [Bridge] With great strife (To save my life) [Verse 1] Gnaw off a trapped limb (To escape predators) Sure hate the place I&#8217;m in (Lookin&#8217; heavenwards) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,14,3955],"tags":[163,546,563,4084],"class_list":["post-40543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-megaepix-enormous","tag-climate-change","tag-mp4","tag-music-videos","tag-trapped"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40543"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40557,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40543\/revisions\/40557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}