Not before torturing him first. How else would he give up his insulating secrets.

That’s unfortunate, maybe as someone else said you can make some sort of “adaptor” using wood? All the best mate

Hmm. Is the mounting plate with the screw holes removable? If you could flip it so the notch is facing down and drill a hole in the middle that might work.

How heavy is this clock?

OP might just be wow’d by nature and thinks how impressive it is can’t be so easily captured.

Just curious… favourite pet?

Likely not that simple as there would be other factors at play, but good way of thinking. I’m no geneticist but that sounds like it may be a contributing factor, though memory in this case would be functional rather than personality-based.