“I’ve got a tip on an investment prospect,” Betty said to Davis as they were having lunch. “It could be a sure way to make a fortune.”
“Or a sure way to lose it,” the detective replied. “Tell me about it.”
“Anyway, I know this guy who’s looking for investors,” she explained. “All I need is $10,000 and I can get in. He told me that I could make ten times that within a year.”
“That sounds tempting,” Davis said as he sipped his coffee. “What’s the biz?”
“It’s a fur farm,” Betty replied. “And the beauty about it is that they don’t have to pay to feed the animals. It’s totally self sufficient.”
“How can they do that?” He asked.
“It’s so simple I can’t believe that nobody has ever thought of it before. They raise chinchillas for their fur. Then they take the fur and feed the chinchilla meat to rabbits, which they also raise for fur. Then they take the rabbit’s fur and feed the rabbit meat to the chinchillas. It’s ingenious! The whole operation supports itself! Why, they could make a fortune this way. And I could be in on it!”
“They might make a fortune, but you won’t,” Davis laughed.
WHY DID DAVIS HAVE HIS DOUBT?
THE ANSWER
Neither, chinchillas nor rabbits will eat each others flesh. Both animals are vegetarians.
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