In t?? ???lm ?? c?m??ssi?n ?n? ?nw?v??in? ???ic?ti?n t? t?? w?l???? ?? ?nim?ls, w? ?in? ? st??? t??t ?x?m?li?i?s t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??w?? ?? ??sc??—? t?l? ?? ? ?????, l??t ???n??n?? ?n? v?ln????l?, w??s? li?? w?s ????v?? c??n??? w??n c?m??ssi?n?t? s??ls int??v?n?? t? ??m?v? t?? ?????ns ?? ticks ?n? ???n?cl?s.
Im??in? t?? sc?n?: ? tin?, ????ns?l?ss ?????, its ?nc?-s??t ??? m?tt?? ?n? ?nc??st?? wit? t?? ????sit?s t??t ??? ??c?m? ? t??m?nt t? its ???n? ????. T?? ?????’s inn?c?nt ???s w??? ?v??s????w?? ?? ??in ?n? ?isc?m???t, ?s ticks ?n? ???n?cl?s cl?n? m??cil?ssl? t? its skin. In t?is ?i?? m?m?nt ?? ???n??nm?nt, t?? ?????’s ??t? s??m?? ?nc??t?in.
T?? ??sc?? missi?n w?s n?t ? c??ic? ??t ? m???l im????tiv?—?n ?ct ??iv?n ?? ?m??t?? ?n? ? ??????n? s?ns? ?? ??s??nsi?ilit?. T??s? ????sit?s, w?ic? ??? ??c?m? c???l t??m?nt??s, n????? t? ?? ??m?v?? s? t?? ????? c??l? ?? ????? ???m t??i? ??i? ?n? ?ll?w?? t? ?l???is?.
T?? ???c?ss ?? ????in? t?? ????? ???m t?? cl?tc??s ?? ticks ?n? ???n?cl?s w?s ? l???? ?? l?v?—? ??inst?kin? ?n???v?? t??t ????i??? ??ti?nc?, c???, ?n? ? ??ntl? t??c?. It w?s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ?nw?v??in? ???ic?ti?n ?? t??s? w?? ??c??niz?? t?? ?????’s s?????in? ?n? w??? ??t??min?? t? ?ll?vi?t? its ??in.
As t?? ????sit?s w??? c?????ll? ??m?v??, ?n? ?? ?n?, t?? ?????’s t??ns???m?ti?n w?s n?t?in? s???t ?? ??m??k??l?. Its c??t, ?nc? w?i???? ??wn ?? t?? ?????ns ?? in??st?ti?n, ????n t? ????in its l?st??. T?? ?????’s ???s, ?nc? cl????? ?? ?isc?m???t, n?w s???kl?? wit? n?w???n? vit?lit? ?n? ????.
T?is st??? is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??w?? ?? ??sc?? ?n? t?? inc???i?l? ??sili?nc? ?? ?nim?ls. It ?n???sc???s t?? im???t?nc? ?? c?m??ssi?n?t? int??v?nti?n in t?? ??c? ?? s?????in?, ??????l?ss ?? s??ci?s. It ??min?s ?s t??t, ?s st?w???s ?? t?? ?nim?l kin???m, it is ??? ??t? t? ???vi?? c??? ?n? ???t?cti?n t? t??s? in n???.
T?? t?l? ?? t?? ???n??n?? ?????, ????? ???m t?? ??i? ?? ticks ?n? ???n?cl?s, c???i?s ? ?niv??s?l m?ss??? ??? ??m?nit?. It c?lls ???n ?s t? ??c??niz? t?? s?????in? ?? ?nim?ls ?n? t? t?k? ?cti?n w??n w? ?nc??nt?? it. It ??in???c?s t?? ??li?? t??t ?v??? livin? ??in? ??s??v?s ? c??nc? ?t ? ??tt?? li??, ???? ???m t?? s??ckl?s ?? ??in ?n? ??s??i?.
In t?? ?n?, t?is st??? is ? n????tiv? ?? c?m??ssi?n, t??ns???m?ti?n, ?n? t?? ?n???in? ??w?? ?? ??sc??. It s??v?s ?s ? ????t??lt ??min??? t??t, t?????? ?cts ?? kin?n?ss ?n? ?nw?v??in? ???ic?ti?n, w? ??v? t?? ??ilit? t? c??n?? liv?s ?n? ????? ???? t? t??s? w?? ??v? s???????.