Ever notice how an animal appears when you least expect it? Pay attention the next time you are lost in your busy schedule and getting farselyself consumed. Pretty remarkable how they have such ability to stay especially clean, you name it from birds to rabbits, to deer to marine mammal life, they are all clean for most of the time. Ever heard that centuries old saying, “I heard ….. or a little birdie told me?” “Then more recently, to insult people, some refer to having a bird brain.” I am not so interested in scientific experiments or studies, as much as telling you from first hand experience! For all the decades that humans have been testing medicines or surgical procedures out on them, even poor apes? Can we really claim any notable drops in cancer rates, heart attacks, or other deadly ailments? Something might have improved, somethings have regressed, somethings are still debatable. The area of science that is interesting though, is the field of animal emotional and practical intelligence. How they sense, percieve, nurture, communicate, find insurmountable resources for survival. This creationist trait even falls down to insect species, such as bees. Have you ever heard of someone who could talk to the bees? Well, you are about to read about it. On a recent trip, to a resort, there was a dolphin swim lesson tour. I figured, was not very likely to have the experience swimming in the beach, so I gave it a go. As soon as I got closer to them, seeing they are often longer and heavier than any man, I knew I was in the presence of a superior intelligence. I even, admitted, they were smarter and unequivocally more intelligent than me. Not long after, they proved me right. The marine dolphin swim tour, also had some elephant seals off at another property. I kid you not, the dolphin I swam with, explicitly warned me not to go. Not long there after, I was kicked out of the marine interaction tour, in a particularly threatning and abusive way. Mostly, because I refused, to learn about dolphin anatomy in a lab, or come close to the seals? This place was called Vallarta Tours…. in Puerto Vallarta. There are many instances of this, throughout human history, following bird flocks, tracks, spirit animals. I mean look, with all of the waste water we release into rivers and oceans, single use disposable, plastic bags, they are still and large present. I wonder, if it is not too late, to question, if our habits have been better adapted towards them, then for us?

By: Shant Samgochian