Why do woolly bears cross the road…do they have an instinct, a memory (do they even have that much gray matter?) that makes them go to high ground in the fall? Why do they cross the road in a very perpendicular-to-the-centerline route? Woolly bears do it, orange bellied salamanders do it, frogs do it, chipmunks do it, turkeys can see the other side and might visually make the choice to take the quickest way across. Most animals would be able to make that choice but the smaller critters don’t have that advantage. Perhaps they can see the center line, but I doubt it. What makes them take the shortest route across that expanse when they can’t see a landmark to give them the proper perspective, a consistent perspective to learn from. What guides them? Do the three stages of a worm-pupae-moth have an ongoing ‘brain’ or instinct that allows one stage to have consistent behaviours? Does some part of it 'remember' that one stage survived because it migrated out of a winter flood zone and thus while it is in another phase do something. Why do woolly bears migrate uphill in the fall? Or is it all by chance?
Do bees and wasps ‘know’ they buzz? Is the buzz just a byproduct of their flight or do they somehow know that it can be an early warning system so they don’t have to resort to the ultimate attack, a stinging defense, unless really necessary. Do they buzz first to chase off…instead of first stinging to chase off. How often do stings kill the stinger (honey bee dies) do all wasps not die? How about bumblebees. Do mason bees sting?
Do you remember Peggy Lee's 'Is That All There Is?'* Good Song.
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signed
Ms Anne Thrope
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Not that your post implies ADD or anything...,
but it's rather logical that someone with thoughts like those would have children who are interested in almost everything.
ADD...you mean, of course,that I have ADDed to the universe? With my kids, I sure have. Or are you implying attention deficit disorder? At 75 that is probably a blessing. I have become increasingly, intellectually hungry, beyond mere curiosity, over the past several years. Not sure where it came from or why (probably age related, y' think?)...it's a very real hunger to me. I wallow in having the attention span of a grasshopper.
So do bees know they buzz?
To be interested in almost everything is an enormous blessing and huge fun to boot. Never stop.
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