https://padlet.com/omar_shanty/sa4bnrlgcddr Collage of pictures on Living like weasels en-us 2016-10-19 22:34:23 UTC 2025-10-09 20:01:29 UTC hello@padlet.com omar_shanty https://padlet.com/omar_shanty/sa4bnrlgcddr/wish/131941370 This photo represents why the author envies the weasel so much. The weasel is free to hunt and does what it wants to do on planet earth, and as it scurries around, it is not bound by any circumstances or expectations.]]> 2016-10-19 22:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/omar_shanty/sa4bnrlgcddr/wish/131941370 omar_shanty https://padlet.com/omar_shanty/sa4bnrlgcddr/wish/131941917 As in the first photo, nature is something that the author admires and looks up to. She describes animals in nature as being "instinctive" and living off of personal desires as opposed to having to make choices and not be fully content in life, which is what human beings tend to do. ]]> 2016-10-19 22:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/omar_shanty/sa4bnrlgcddr/wish/131941917 omar_shanty https://padlet.com/omar_shanty/sa4bnrlgcddr/wish/131943864 Seeing as the one of the protagonists in this story is a weasel, it is fitting to add a weasel as one of the photos. The weasel symbolizes the difference between humans and animals, as they are free. They hunt all different types of animals, scurry across different types of land and operates off of instinct and survival. ]]> 2016-10-19 23:07:18 UTC https://padlet.com/omar_shanty/sa4bnrlgcddr/wish/131943864 omar_shanty https://padlet.com/omar_shanty/sa4bnrlgcddr/wish/131944080 The author of this story is Annie Dillard. This essay described her first encounter with weasels, and she has always been enamored wit the way in which animals live their lives, living off of instinct and the need to survive. ]]> 2016-10-19 23:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/omar_shanty/sa4bnrlgcddr/wish/131944080