Once a gator, always a gator

On the television news this morning, I watched a woman jump into a tiger enclosure in a zoo to retrieve her hat.

Yesterday on Facebook, I saw a video of a woman petting a bison in Yellowstone Park.

Both escaped their close encounters unscathed and apparently unfazed.

I suspect anthropomorphism -- the attribution of human motivation or behavior to animals -- in both cases.

It’s common among pet owners who dress their Labradoodles in Denver Bronco jerseys, and actually believe the dogs give a hoot about Peyton Manning.

The proof is their wagging their tails when he yells “Omaha!”

And no...