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marina_bonomi) wrote2009-09-30 11:05 pm
marina_bonomi) wrote2009-09-30 11:05 pm
Of Geese and Ravens
A family nearby has a couple of geese as pets, I find them utterly fascinating, and often hubby and I stop to watch them and, yes, chat with them (the geese, not the owners) during our daily walk.
We are seriously considering getting a couple of geese as 'watch-dogs' in the not-so-far future and, true to myself, I've started reading all I can lay my hands on regarding geese, domestic or otherwise.
One such book is The Geese of Beaver Bog by Bernd Heinrich. There , in a discussion about wild animals asking humans for help, I found this snippet:
'(...) a raven with its feet badly tangled up with musk ox fur approached two kayakers (names quoted) in the wilds of Greenland after they pulled to make camp. They spoke softly to it. The raven picked up a small rock, looked at them, and put it back down. They also picked up the same rock, put it down, then scooped up the raven, untangled the musk ox fur from its feet, and threw the raven into the air. It circled, landed on a rock, squawked, and then flew off to a cliff from where it had come' (pag. 44)
My first thought after digesting this was :'What a perfect First Contact Protocol!', I can't shake the idea that we are looking for 'other' intelligence in space and it's right here, pulling our jacket to be recognized.
P.S. my new goose icon is courtesy of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
djinni, lovely, isn't it?
We are seriously considering getting a couple of geese as 'watch-dogs' in the not-so-far future and, true to myself, I've started reading all I can lay my hands on regarding geese, domestic or otherwise.
One such book is The Geese of Beaver Bog by Bernd Heinrich. There , in a discussion about wild animals asking humans for help, I found this snippet:
'(...) a raven with its feet badly tangled up with musk ox fur approached two kayakers (names quoted) in the wilds of Greenland after they pulled to make camp. They spoke softly to it. The raven picked up a small rock, looked at them, and put it back down. They also picked up the same rock, put it down, then scooped up the raven, untangled the musk ox fur from its feet, and threw the raven into the air. It circled, landed on a rock, squawked, and then flew off to a cliff from where it had come' (pag. 44)
My first thought after digesting this was :'What a perfect First Contact Protocol!', I can't shake the idea that we are looking for 'other' intelligence in space and it's right here, pulling our jacket to be recognized.
P.S. my new goose icon is courtesy of
djinni, lovely, isn't it?