I judge entire neighbourhoods on how amenable cats are. If a cat chilling on the footpath is pleased to meet me, then I'm calm. If a cat sitting 50 meters away from me responds to my friendly greeting chirp by backing under the nearest car with flat ears and a sunken tail, I assume the humans around it are garbage people and I need to get out. Cats are to the streets as frogs are to the rivers.

[–] buffing_lecturer@leminal.space 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Whats that about frogs?

[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I assume they're referring to how the presence of frogs is an indicator as to the cleanliness of the water. If the river is highly polluted no frogs will be present.

[–] hazl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is precisely what I meant, and I'm glad it came across. 💙

[–] ErmahgherdDavid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

I personally only visit neighbourhoods where the frogs respond to my chirp of greeting by rolling around on their backs and allowing me to pet their tummies