We search for signs of life out in space, but there is a world on our very own planet that most of us can hardly imagine. A world of beings without feet, of aliens with fins or tentacles, of creatures that can withstand enormous pressure, or glow in the dark or see the world through electrical signals or sound.
What of our world do you wish you could witness or understand?
I’d really like to know what birds are thinking; when they call, whistle, chant and so forth; when they are listening and cocking their heads looking at the ground for worms; when they are nesting and then taking their young ones on their first encounter with the outside world and learning to fly and exist on their own; when they choose what to eat; whether they sleep at night; how they really choose the patterns of their flight; whether they have any sense of the colors they exhibt….wouldn’t it be wonderful?