A couple of days ago, Junior, one of our cats showed up with a chunk of fur missing from his otherwise adorable nose. I decided to ask Junior what happened and the conversation led me to explore how animals deal with confrontation and what we can learn from them. Wendy: Junior, what happened to your nose? Junior: Patches did that in a fight. (Patches is Junior's daddy. He is somewhat feral but lives most of the time at our neighbors as an outside cat. Junior looks just like his daddy. … [Read more...]