Looking together in the same direction.

Looking together in the same direction.
Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart.

by my favorite poet, Mary Oliver

"Instructions for living a life.

Pay attention.

Be astonished.

Tell about it."

Mary Oliver


Friday, September 2, 2016

With gorilla gone, will there be hope for man?



     This is so cool.  A bonobo ape at the Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative in Des Moines has learned to start fires, cook his own food, safely put out the fires, and more.
http://www.trueactivist.com/this-bonobo-starts-fires-cooks-his-own-food-and-knows-3000-english-words-watch/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=TMU&utm_campaign=thisbonobostartsfirescookshisownfoodandknows3000englishwordswatch



     Remember the 1992 book, "Ishmael," by Daniel Quinn?
https://ecovoca.com/2010/10/31/%E2%80%9Cwith-gorilla-gone-will-there-be-hope-for-man%E2%80%9D/

With man gone, will there be hope for gorilla?


I fear the answer to "with gorilla gone, will there be hope for man?" is no.
The answer to "with man gone, will there be hope for gorilla?" is a resounding yes.


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