Humans weren’t always agents of destruction. Apparently, we helped reforest the planet after the last Ice Age. Humans traveled with their habitats bringing seeds wherever they went. It’s all in the way we view the world and our role in this ecosystem. Learning to once again appreciate and respect the life that surrounds us would go a long way. Thanks for the mention 🙏.
Oh, agreed. Your quote at the beginning was directly about our cultural insistence that we are not animals in an ecosystem. Thank you for reading!
I stumbled across a 1996 book called THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WATER, which talks about the culture of beavers. According to that author building dams is a cultural trait, and during the centuries when their population was tiny and confined to zoos, Eurasian beavers forgot how to build dams.
She also says that beavers (historically) made gentle and loving pets, except for their habit of cutting the legs off of furniture when they were kept inside. An image that I may never get out of my head.
Humans weren’t always agents of destruction. Apparently, we helped reforest the planet after the last Ice Age. Humans traveled with their habitats bringing seeds wherever they went. It’s all in the way we view the world and our role in this ecosystem. Learning to once again appreciate and respect the life that surrounds us would go a long way. Thanks for the mention 🙏.
Oh, agreed. Your quote at the beginning was directly about our cultural insistence that we are not animals in an ecosystem. Thank you for reading!
I stumbled across a 1996 book called THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WATER, which talks about the culture of beavers. According to that author building dams is a cultural trait, and during the centuries when their population was tiny and confined to zoos, Eurasian beavers forgot how to build dams.
She also says that beavers (historically) made gentle and loving pets, except for their habit of cutting the legs off of furniture when they were kept inside. An image that I may never get out of my head.
So they must have a way of transmitting the knowledge to the next generation? Fascinating!
Probably by direct observation, working side by side through their "teen" year.
That’s so interesting. And we humans think that animals do everything from instinct only.