To me, serendipity isn’t so much luck as that magical moment when all kinds of things you knew but never connected until they all suddenly fall into place.
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If you’ve ever taken a bioethics course you quickly realize that the concept of drawing lines frequently recurs. Relative to animal rights, we may cheer heartily at scientific studies that support those species dwelling on the side of the line with those we believe capable of higher thought processes. But when studies attribute those same qualities to those outside that group, life gets more complicated…
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This is a picture of Tilda, one of the subjects of this week’s podcast which also includes a link to a video of her displaying her human language skills.
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Often we divide animals into social and solitary species for convenience. But the more researchers study animals in their natural habitats, the more they realize that their organizational structures aren’t that simple. Differences can and do occur.
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Probably most people are familiar with the old saying, “Getting there is half the fun.” or one of its many variations. It turns out that is is nature’s normal game plan. All living beings are works constantly in progress. Do you find this notion disquieting, or exciting like I do? When I see a transition organism like the magnificent and complex sorta plant sorta animal Napenthes rajah, I can’t help thinking about how it came to be what it is today.
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This podcast is a first for me in that it will be uploaded a mere week after I recorded and edited it. Normally my anal personality ensures there are at least 2 and as many as 5 podcasts lined up and waiting to be broadcast. But recently the natural world conspired to remind me in multiple ways that it, naturally, prefers a natural approach. For many reasons I agree wholeheartedly with this. But damn, sometimes it can be a real nuisance too.
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For many people who share their lives with dogs, getting their canine companion to respond to the come command is anything but a zen-like. But the much less energy-intense process good canine parental figures use, teaches youngsters to come as well as a lot more.
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The example used in week’s podcast is either an African golden jackal, a subspecies of grey wold that’s separate from the Eurasian jackal, or a new wolf species depending on which system of species identification you prefer. It also points out how Nature can foil our attempts to put labels on living being and expect them to last forever. Learn more here about the maybe/maybe not new canine.
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This is the kind of picture that it would be easy to make up a story about, isn’t it? Perhaps you might imagine that the dogs collected these balls from all over the neighborhood. Or…
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This podcast was inspired by an article entitled From “one medicine” to “one health” and systemic approaches to health and well-being posted in a One Health Group on Linked In. I looked at a lot of silo pictures seeking one that illustrated the limits of silo thinking as it relates to the multiple interconnections that characterize the natural world. Finding none that did this, I opted to create one of my own.
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