The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, / Had he thy reason, would he skip and play?

A trumpet sounds; the president tosses the key of the torril to the alguazil, who unlocks and opens the door, leaping aside the instant he has done so, to escape being knocked down and gored by the bull.

Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.

Understeps were easy to detect, as the paw missed the rung entirely and the rat had to catch itself so it didn't stumble.