Observations (Short)

>going to renew observations of escaped stray fluffy ponies
>important to understand how the hell these inbred freaks survive
>watching normal-sized herd of a few dozen from tree
>similar herd wanders into range
>many squeaky voices cry "New fwiends! New fwiends!"
>herds happily come together, hugging and yelling "Pway! Pway!"
>they play for hours, mostly using rocks as balls and hide-and-seeking in plain sight
>sun goes down
>herds' smarty friends announce they must return to their "safe pwaces"
>cheerful goodbyes made, promises exchanged they will "pway 'gain" even though they won't be able to find each other
>poor short-term memories ensure that the groups are totally intermixed when they go their separate ways
>this is the closest thing fluffies have to a mechanism for maintaining genetic diversity
>it doesn't work at all