T?? st??? ??? w?s c?v???? in ticks ?n? cl???l? m?ln???is??? w??n s?? w?s ?isc?v???? ?? ??? ??sc???s. T??? c??l? s?? t??t s?? w?s in ??s????t? n??? ?? m??ic?l ?tt?nti?n, s? t??? t??k ??? t? ? l?c?l v?t??in??i?n w???? s?? w?s t???t?? ??? ??? in??st?ti?n ?n? n??s?? ??ck t? ???lt?.
B?t t?? ???? t? ??c?v??? w?s l?n? ?n? ?i??ic?lt. T?? ??? ??? ???n livin? ?n t?? st???ts ??? s? l?n? t??t s?? w?s sc???? ?? ??m?ns ?n? ?i?n’t t??st ?n??n?. S?? w??l? c?w?? in ???? w??n?v?? s?m??n? ??????c??? ???, m?kin? it ?i??ic?lt ??? ??? ??sc???s t? ??l? ???. H?w?v??, wit? ??ti?nc? ?n? l?ts ?? l?v?, t?? ??sc???s sl?wl? ??in?? t?? ???’s t??st ?n? w??? ??l? t? ???vi?? ??? wit? t?? c??? s?? n?????.
As t?? ???s w?nt ??, t?? ???’s t??ns???m?ti?n w?s n?t?in? s???t ?? ?m?zin?. S?? w?nt ???m ??in? ? timi? ?n? sc???? st??? t? ? ????? ?n? ?n????tic ??? w?? w?s ????? t? ?in? ??? ????v?? ??m?.
T?? kin?-????t?? ??sc???s w??? ??t??min?? t? ?in? t?? ?????ct ??mil? ??? t?? ???, w?? ??s??v?? n?t?in? ??t t?? ??st ??t?? ?ll s?? ??? ???n t??????. T??? ???c??? ??t t? t??i? n?tw??k ?? ?nim?l l?v??s ?n? s??n ???n? ? ??mil? w?? w?s willin? t? ???n t??i? ????ts ?n? ??m? t? t?? ????? c???t???.
T?? ??mil? w?s ?v??j???? t? w?lc?m? t?? ??? int? t??i? ??m?, w???? s?? ??ickl? s?ttl?? in ?n? ??c?m? ? ??l?v?? m?m??? ?? t?? ??mil?. S?? n?w ??s ? w??m ??? t? sl??? in, ?l?nt? ?? ???? t? ??t, ?n? ?ll t?? l?v? ?n? ?tt?nti?n s?? c??l? ?v?? w?nt.
B?t t?is ????tw??min? st??? ???sn’t ?n? t????. T?? ??mil? w?? ????t?? t?? ??? w?s s? ins?i??? ?? ??? st??? t??t t??? ??ci??? t? st??t v?l?nt???in? ?t ? l?c?l ?nim?l s??lt??. T??? w?nt?? t? ??l? ?t??? ???s lik? t??i? ????? ??i?n? w?? w??? in n??? ?? ? s?c?n? c??nc? ?t li??.
As t?? tick-in??st?? ??? ?in?s its ????v?? ??m?, it ??min?s ?s ?? t?? ??t?nti?l ??? kin?n?ss ?n? ?m??t?? wit?in ?s ?ll. B? ?xt?n?in? c?m??ssi?n t? ?nim?ls in n???, w? c???t? ? w??l? w???? ??m?l?ss c???t???s c?n ?in? l?v?, c???, ?n? ? s?ns? ?? ??l?n?in?.
M?? t?is ????t?nin? st??? ins?i?? ?s t? ?? ??v?c?t?s ??? ?nim?l w?l????, t? ?xt?n? ? ??l?in? ??n? t? t??s? in n???, ?n? t? c?l????t? t?? ??w?? ?? l?v? ?n? s?c?n? c??nc?s in t??ns???min? liv?s.
L?t ?s ??c??niz? t?? ??sili?nc? ?? t?? tick-in??st?? ??? ?n? t?? j?? t??t c?m?s ???m ???vi?in? ?nim?ls wit? ? s??? ?n? l?vin? ????v?? ??m?. T?????? ??? c?ll?ctiv? ?????ts, w? c?n m?k? ? ??????n? ?i?????nc? in t?? liv?s ?? ?nim?ls ?n? ????? t??m t?? ???? ?n? ????in?ss t??? s? ??s??v?.