The state has a feedlot-style system raising corn to fatten hogs and cattle. The Kaldanes imprison Tara, intending to fatten her up, then eat her. If you fatten your dog, it will eat you. Panthers howl, and wolves fatten over your bones! The Stooges try to fatten up their boxer so he will lose against Watson. They can also be fed "pinkies", a one-day-old mouse to fatten up the tail. In late August and September the bats feed on cranefly, to fatten up before hibernation. Black bears were also known to eat the nuts to fatten up for the winter. Wasps infected with the female parasite then fatten themselves up much like queen wasps do. The bushie tried to fatten weaners and sell them as forward stores in good seasons. They fatten for a month and then mate in June. His mother, Fatten Elkomy, is a nurse practitioner in Missouri.