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AFRICAN SAFARI — It's easy to get distracted by bountiful food options. When I walk into a buffet, I almost feel overcome by the immensity of my task.
What's the objective, you say? To sample every single dish in the restaurant in the shortest amount of time. To make sure other diners don't steal the best dishes before I can get to them (I know this doesn't often happen at buffets, but it's a survival mindset that kicks in once I walk through the doors).
My solution is usually to scramble around the restaurant, piling massive amounts of food onto my plate. Then I return to my table to gobble it down and quickly hydrate. Then it's back to the chafing dishes for another round.
This ambitious approach has enabled me to experience all kinds of amazing food. And lots of it. But it also got me kicked out of Tucanos Brazilian Grill, as I recalled in an earlier article.
As this video illustrates, buffet stress also occurs in the animal kingdom.
You would think that if two animals get tangled up together, they'd be easier to catch. But apparently that's not the case. It just brings more chaos and leaves the leopard hungrier than it was before.
