So Much For Safety Numbers

I suspect the wolves are predators of reindeer

But until today I never knew they had also lightning to fear

If a fish safety in numbers is why we see large schools

Making it easier for the nearest incoming predator to fool

Musk Ox when confronted by a roving wolf pack

Form a circle of horns facing outward to ward off an expected attack attack

Reindeer in Norway were enduring a thunder storm huddled together in a false  security sense

Belted by rain that from an angry sky that must have been intense

Maybe reindeer antlers are like lightning rods made of steel

Standing on the wet ground in the open would make it harder for lightning strikes to repeal

Out of the dark and stormy sky one or more bolts of lightning this reached down from the sky

In a instant more than 300 reindeer quickly died

© August 29, 2016, Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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