is russia is like mad max beyond thunderdome (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0790731932/002-5101089-0969601?v=glance&n=130&v=glance)? it seems that way from your pictures, babies with guns, and wild dogs and packs of broken legged homeless people with kittens.
who knows! maybe i looked like that before - before life made me the old disenchanted bitch that i am. after all, i never said they took this photo yesterday!
That's my impression of Russia, too! It makes me want to visit. My only other impression of Russia is the perfume my aunt brought back for me when she went on a mission trip. It smells like cough syrup. Oh, and the stacking dolls. I enjoy those.
While some behaviors are obviously instinctive, Bekoff is convinced that others are not. "If you study animals in the complex social environments in which they live," he says, "it's impossible for everything they do to be hardwired, with no conscious thought. It really is." And once again, he cites play as perhaps the most obvious example. Play between dogs involves extremely complex, precise behavior, he says. "They're really close, they're mouthing, but they don't bite their own lips; they almost never bite the lip of the other animal hard, nor the eyes, nor the ears." And that requires communication and constant feedback. "Just think of basketball players faking left and going right," says Bekoff. "There's no way you could be doing that by pure instinct."
As for the play bow, his guess that it meant more than just "Let's play" turned out to be correct. "It says, 'I want to play with you' but also 'I'm sorry I bit you so hard' or 'I'm going to bite you hard, but don't take it seriously.'" It even works between species: Bekoff has seen wild coyotes bow to dogs--and vice versa--before they engage in something like play. "At least they don't fight," says Bekoff. "The play bow changes the whole mood."
Meanwhile, dishonesty is punished across all canid species. "I know coyotes best," says Bekoff. "Coyotes will signal play and then try to fight or mate with others, but if they do that enough, they can't get other animals to play."
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Date: 2005-10-15 11:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-10-16 04:54 am (UTC)he was carrying a puppy!
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Date: 2005-10-19 07:40 pm (UTC)Your first icon stigmatized you for quite a lot, I'm sure - when they found out it wasn't you. ;-)
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Date: 2005-10-19 07:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-19 08:30 pm (UTC)"something-or-other" refers to attitude and level of maturity - I just can't think of the right word at the moment!
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Date: 2005-10-16 04:03 pm (UTC)I know there's more to it than that, though.
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Date: 2005-10-16 09:29 am (UTC)http://www.animalliberationfront.com/Philosophy/Morality/Speciesism/HonorAmongBeasts.htm
While some behaviors are obviously instinctive, Bekoff is convinced that others are not. "If you study animals in the complex social environments in which they live," he says, "it's impossible for everything they do to be hardwired, with no conscious thought. It really is." And once again, he cites play as perhaps the most obvious example. Play between dogs involves extremely complex, precise behavior, he says. "They're really close, they're mouthing, but they don't bite their own lips; they almost never bite the lip of the other animal hard, nor the eyes, nor the ears." And that requires communication and constant feedback. "Just think of basketball players faking left and going right," says Bekoff. "There's no way you could be doing that by pure instinct."
As for the play bow, his guess that it meant more than just "Let's play" turned out to be correct. "It says, 'I want to play with you' but also 'I'm sorry I bit you so hard' or 'I'm going to bite you hard, but don't take it seriously.'" It even works between species: Bekoff has seen wild coyotes bow to dogs--and vice versa--before they engage in something like play. "At least they don't fight," says Bekoff. "The play bow changes the whole mood."
Meanwhile, dishonesty is punished across all canid species. "I know coyotes best," says Bekoff. "Coyotes will signal play and then try to fight or mate with others, but if they do that enough, they can't get other animals to play."