During the Cold War, barbed wire and an electric fence divided Eastern Europe from the West. In addition to separating people, the fence also split the population of Red Deer. But deer migration paths are a learned trait, taught to each generation by the last. So Red Deer in the region still refuse to cross the old lines, even though the fence has been down for decades now. And so the Iron Curtain still exists in some sense. It lives on in the minds of deer.
A lesson, I think, on ripple effects. Those waves get into the strangest places. But also on the importance of leveling old walls. Especially the ones in your head.
A lesson, I think, on ripple effects. Those waves get into the strangest places. But also on the importance of leveling old walls. Especially the ones in your head.
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