Ginger Me -ren argazkia
Lotsa zaila da behatzea. Definizioz, ezkutatzen saiatzen den sentimendua da. Baina mundu osoan ospetsua den Jane Goodall primatologoak uste du txinpantzeengan lotsa deitu daitekeena ikusi duela.
Fifi Janek 40 urte baino gehiagoz ezagutu zuen txinpantze eme bat zen. Fifiren seme zaharrenak, Freudek, bost urte eta erdi zituenean, bere osaba, Fifiren anaia Figan, txinpantze komunitateko arra alfa zen. Freudek beti jarraitzen zion Figani, ar handia gurtzen balu bezala.
Behin, Fifik Figan mozten ari zela, Freudek platano basati baten zurtoin mehea igo zuen. Hostotsu koroara iritsi zenean, aurrera eta atzera basatiki kulunkatzen hasi zen. Gizaki bat izan balitz, harroputz ari zela esango genukeen. Bat-batean, zurtoina hautsi eta Freud belar luzera erori zen. Ez zen minik hartu. Janeren ondoan lurreratu zen, eta burua belarretatik atera zuenean, Janek Figani begiratzen ikusi zuen. Ohartu al zen? Ohartu izan balitz, ez zion jaramonik egin eta mozten jarraitu zuen. Freudek, oso isilik, beste zuhaitz batera igo eta jaten hasi zen.
Harvard Unibertsitateko psikologo Marc Hauser-ek lotsa deitu dakiokeen zerbait ikusi zuen rhesus tximino ar batean. Eme batekin estali ondoren, arra alde egin zuen harroputz eta nahi gabe lubaki batera erori zen. Zutik jarri eta azkar begiratu zuen ingurura. Beste tximinoek ez zutela erortzen ikusi ikusi ondoren, alde egin zuen, bizkarra tente, burua eta buztana altxatuta, ezer gertatu ez balitz bezala.
Animalien erreskateak: Beharrean daudenekiko errukia sentitzea
Animaliek beren espezieko eta beste espezie batzuetako kideak erreskatatzen dituzten istorioak ugariak dira, gizakiak barne. Espezie ezberdinetako banakoek beharrean daudenekiko errukia eta enpatia nola erakusten duten erakusten dute.
Australiako Torquayn, kanguru ama bat auto batek harrapatu ondoren, txakur batek kanguru kume bat aurkitu zuen poltsan eta jabeari eraman zion, eta honek gaztea zaintzen zuen. 10 urteko txakurra eta 4 hilabeteko kanguru kumea lagun min bihurtu ziren azkenean.
Argazkia: Flickker Photos
Zeelanda Berriko hondartza batean, izurde bat hareazko barra baten atzean hondoratutako bi kaxalote pigmeo erreskatatzera joan zen. Jendeak alferrik saiatu ondoren baleak ur sakonagoetara eramaten, izurdea agertu zen eta bi baleak jarraitu zioten ozeanoraino.
Txakurrak beharrean daudenei laguntzeagatik ere ezagunak dira. Pit bull txakur galdu batek emakume bati semearekin jolastokitik irteten ari zela lapurreta saiakera bat desegin zuen Port Charlotte-n, Floridan. Animalien kontrolerako ofizial batek esan zuen argi zegoela txakurra ezagutzen ez zuen emakumea defendatzen saiatzen ari zela. Eta Buenos Airestik (Argentina) kanpoaldean, txakur batek haurtxo abandonatu bat erreskatatu zuen, bere txakurkume jaioberrien artean segurtasunez jarriz. Harrigarria bada ere, txakurrak haurtxoa 45 metro inguru eraman zuen txakurkumeak zeuden lekura, haurtxoa zelai batean trapu batez estalita aurkitu ondoren.
Belearen Justizia?
Bere liburuan, Mind of the Raven , Bernd Heinrich biologo eta beleen adituak ikusi zuen beleek beren ezkutalekuak etengabe lapurtzen dituen banako bat gogoratzen dutela ekintzan harrapatzen badute. Batzuetan, bele batek intruso baten aurkako erasoa egingo du, ezkutalekua lapurtzen ikusi ez badu ere.
Morala al da hau? Badirudi Heinrichek baietz uste duela. Portaera honi buruz dioenez, "Justiziaren baliokide humanoa bilatzen zuen bele moral bat zen, taldearen interesak defendatzen baitzituen bere buruarentzat kostu potentzialarekin".
Ondorengo esperimentuetan, Heinrichek baieztatu zuen talde-interesek eragin zezaketela bele bakoitzak erabakitzen duena. Beleak eta beste animalia askok zuzentasuna eta justizia sustatzen dituzten gizarte-arauetan oinarritzen dira.
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We who 'know' always knew the animal kindom were far more aware than the controlling factions wanted us to believe....we felt their suffering, we shared their love, we understood their unspoken language. God truly exists in all living things. Very nice article - thanks for sharing!
When I was 12 years old, my horse had a stroke and had to be put down. I looked out the window at his body, lifeless and lying in the corral. I watched as Socks, the matriarch of the barn cats, walked towards the body, followed by a single-file line of the other dozen-or-so kittens and cats. Watching from inside the house I thought, "Oh no, they're going to eat him." But I didn't interrupt. When the slow parade reached the body, the cats sat down about two feet away, in an arc, smelling and looking. After some time Socks stood up, turned around and walked back to the barn, followed in orderly procession by the others.
Even 30 years later I am touched by this memory.
This horse (Bourbon Jim was his name) had been a huge high-strung Thoroughbred, but he was gentle and considerate with the cats. Once when I came home from school I found three kittens on his back. I couldn't figure how they got up there. This kept happening until one day I saw: The little kittens, with their sharp little kitten claws, were climbing up his front legs and up over his sides to sit atop his back. Bourbon didn't even flinch.
[Hide Full Comment]Thank you for dispelling the myth we have all been told. Everything we do influences every living being. It is time we all kept ourselves conscious of this. Thank you so much!
About the same time we adopted the silver-grey kitten, Griffin, we also adopted a white rabbit, Angel. They were kit and kitten together and played all summer in the back yard. Angel was a house-rabbit. In the fall, I bunny-proofed my office for him, and put a baby-gate at the door, so he couldn't get to the rest of the house. Since I don't like the cold, Angel didn't get to go out much, but Griffin continued to play with him inside.
In the early spring, Griffin once showed up at the back door with a huge pile of leaves in his mouth, bigger than his head. He zipped right by me and took off down the hall toward my office. Griffin jumped over the gate and ran to the bunny. I was freaking out, thinking he had a mouse in his mouth along with all those leaves. But no, he just dumped the leaves on the floor in front of Angel. No mouse, thankfully. Then Griffin waited for Angel to react. I think the bunny was as confused as me. So Griffin rolled in the leaves, with his belly in the air. I could almost hear him saying: "Since you couldn’t come outside with me, I brought spring in to you." And Angel jumped in the leaves with him.
[Hide Full Comment]How lovely. Animals are the best of teachers. They live lovingly and ask so little in return. Surely there are animals in heaven. Would it be heaven if there were no animals? Perhaps all beings who are loved, animal and human with join after this life on planet earth is complete for for a magnificent heavenly reunion, and we will continue our work and play in the presence of the great I AM.
Yes Animals are intelligent and have emotional lives but that does not mean I have to love all dogs or all other animals. Some of them are simply unlovable, just like some humans. The pitbulls who killed the six year old boy coming back from school in switzerland were certainly not lovable.
It is only the arrogant among us who claim a special status for our own, based on such superficial considerations as ethnicity, culture, color of skin, gender or having a human body.
The compassionate have always known that we are all children of the same source. We are unique and different in many ways but that does not make us superior than others.
We need no scientific research to tell us this fundamental truth.
AN EXCELLENT AND VERY KNOWLEDGABLE ARTICLE WHICH HAS INDEED CHANGED THE WAY OF THINKING ABOUT ANIMALS
EDWARD
DELHI (INDIA)
I always said animals are way better then humans! Loyality, unconditional love and they never intentionally break our hearts. God sent them here so would we know good.
where are the citations/references for the scientific research?
Yes, I agree with the comment of Womanswork below: as someone who spends the majority of their time with eight companion animals, including a parrot, I can attest to the fact that they exhibit feelings of joy, sadness, insecurity, jealousy and envy, among a range of other emotions. And the best thing is, they don't hide these feelings; they're writ large for all to see, if in fact one is willing to see...it's so much better than the emotional dissembling of humans.
Oh my, if only animals could use "words" and tell us more ......perhaps then we would listen....we dont seem to hear their needs at all by their body language etc....How "dumb" are we humans really, when we dont treat our fellow creatures with more respect , love and appreciation,
I have watched my grandsons dalmation watch my grandsons shadow to see "where" he is going to throw the ball that he is hiding behind his back....I tested him 3 times couldnt believe his intelligence , how pathetic of me!!!!!!
How DO we get people to understand this about animals? I do not know. thank you for sharing all this wonderful information.....
Finally, Science is catching up to what I and many others have known forever! To think animals don't feel or think is the height of elitism
When I take my morning walks and observe nature I often think we are at the bottom of the chain. I am in awe of trees. The are so present they no longer need to move. They feed themselves from above and below and in the fall the leaves they shed create more nutrients for themselves and others.