hippo & elephant

"To draw the animal is to become the animal."
--Morris Armstrong, Jr.

instinct or intellience?

Included in today's A.Word.A.Day:

If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing
for the same reason, we call it intelligence.

-Will Cuppy, journalist (1884-1949)

today's "aren't they just like humans!" headline

Duetting birds intimidate rivals with their song

today's "smarter than you thought" headline

Cogitating monkeys can calculate statistics

headline of the day

Our upright walking started in the trees,
reports New Scientist.



[drawing by doug millison]


Can't help but believe the world would be a better place if we humans still did all our walking in trees - we'd probably take better care of the forests, for starters.