Monday, October 23, 2006

Territory

Territory is very important to animals. Every type of animal marks its territory. Most animals mark it with a combination of scents. One type is urine another is scent glands that can be rubbed up against things. So if the animal marks its territory why not wereanimals? One possible argument as to why a werewolf wouldn't pee on his couch is that his human half keeps him from behaving to inappropriately. Another reason they might not pee to mark their territory is that urine smells bad. In the wild the air circulation keeps things from getting to rank. However in an enclosed space things would start to smell pretty quickly. You don't blend in with society to well if you smell like pee and sweat. Another thing that animals do is rub up against things to leave their scent on them. Animals rub up against trees, other animals, etc... In civilized society people don't rub up against other people at random. On top of that if you started rubbing yourself up against trees and buildings you would quickly be labeled as one of the crazy people. So how would wereanimals mark territory without urinating or rubbing up against people? One thing you could do to mark your territory would be to label things. I know, also not to horribly socially acceptable. I mean you can't exactly label everything you own but it's common place to label things like calculators or laptops. Another thing you could do is to develop a style that is heavily associated with you and then apply it to everything you do. You may be labeled as eccentric but not nuts. I'm sure there are many other things that you can do to mark your territory. I wonder what percentage of people would be labeled as ocd or generally crazy because they are marking there territory?

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