Date:         Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:55:17 -0600
Reply-To:     bhs73@SPYMAC.COM
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From:         Mark Edwards <bhs73@SPYMAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Things to put under the driver's seat<-- Kill this thread!
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>>
>> Oh, by the by, if a small animal were to be
>> attracted by the sweet odor of
>> the spilt antifreeze and lap it up, I am
>> ***certain*** it would be harmed.

I am thinking of submiting this one for consideration as an urban legend.

I can put a bowl of antifreeze in my cat/dog/rabbit-and-whatever infested
neighborhood, and no animal will come within five feet of it. I have put
some down, and shown it to a many, many cats and dogs, and they have no
interest in it and in fact, make an effort to avoid it.

Sadly, and I have since repented so leave me alone, but many years ago,
during a darker time in my life, I TRIED to kill stray cats with it, and
not a one of them would go near it. There are ways to verify it an animal
has "taken the bait" and not a one ever did.

I don't think it has a sweet odor, and I don't think animals will drink
it. It tastes and smells like total crap. I am sure it ain't good for
them, but I am weary of reading over and over again about how animals will
'come a running' at the first wiff of antifreeze. I think its like
political mantra; if you say it often enough, everyone assumes it must be
true.

Mark