Dan said, “I have some bad news.” Since he had only been up walking around for less than five minutes, and I wasn’t awake yet, I had no idea what could have happened in that amount of time.
So, there are FIVE plant predators around here, one being the most voracious of all, namely a Packrat. Argh.
The moral of the story is: If you are going to postulate a theory, try to include all the variables.