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“I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain’d, I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things.... Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass: The Death-Bed Edition
I'm using the above quote in a project I'm working on & thought I'd pass it on, do you agree?
They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things.... Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass: The Death-Bed Edition
I'm using the above quote in a project I'm working on & thought I'd pass it on, do you agree?
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Canary; //Cats have decimated the songbird population//
That isn't the cat's fault, blame humans for keeping them in an artificial state outside of 'nature'.
And you must admit , "They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins".
Ken; So you echo Whitman & say, “I think I could turn and live with simpletons" ?
That isn't the cat's fault, blame humans for keeping them in an artificial state outside of 'nature'.
And you must admit , "They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins".
Ken; So you echo Whitman & say, “I think I could turn and live with simpletons" ?
There is some shocking, awful behaviour in the animal kingdom. Fighting to the death to be alpha male, males eating newborns, whales cruelly playing with seals before killing them. I watched the footage of chimps chasing down monkeys to rip them apart. Many animals will fight to the death to protect their territory, their food, their right to mate.
There is no doubt that the human being is the nastiest of all animals, but placid and self contained cannot describe many animals.
There is no doubt that the human being is the nastiest of all animals, but placid and self contained cannot describe many animals.
Also the cats songbirds thing isn't so clear cut as canary might believe.
A) the increase in the magpie population has had a massive impact on our songbirds as corvids are massive predators of nestlings and can clear out every nest site in their area
B). infections often spread by feeders that are not cleaned regularly
C) aflatoxin from cheap peanuts kills many tits every year
D)loss of nest sites a tidy garden with well trimmed bushes is not likely to provide suitable homes to raise a feathered family
A) the increase in the magpie population has had a massive impact on our songbirds as corvids are massive predators of nestlings and can clear out every nest site in their area
B). infections often spread by feeders that are not cleaned regularly
C) aflatoxin from cheap peanuts kills many tits every year
D)loss of nest sites a tidy garden with well trimmed bushes is not likely to provide suitable homes to raise a feathered family
Some of the above may be true, but this morning just before daybreak I listened to the dawn chorus - robins always first, - beautiful, & from where I'm sitting I can see up the valley two horses grazing & my garden is now full of birds which I have fed, no "awful behaviour" in sight.
And btw, nothing contradicts with what Whitman said, he doesn't claim they are all have sweet, angelic behaviour.
And btw, nothing contradicts with what Whitman said, he doesn't claim they are all have sweet, angelic behaviour.
