Elephants Are Doing Something Deeply Human
Like most people, you’ve become so accustomed to this morning routine that you rarely think about it. Yet it’s almost unique in the animal kingdom, because the ability to recognize the creature in the mirror as you seems to be limited to the higher primates and, perhaps, dolphins and elephants. Other animals see only a rival or a friend.
Mark Pendergrast • Mirror, Mirror: A History Of The Human Love Affair With Reflection
Here was a form of
Andre Alexis • Fifteen Dogs
Adam named all the mammals and the birds—so forging a connection with them that went to the root of what both they and he were. His very first words were the names. We are shaped by the things we say and the labels we give. So Adam was shaped by his interactions with the animals. That interaction, and that shaping, are simple historical facts. We’v
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