Ethology/quotes/poem/notes/2/7/2024

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Ethology

Tuxedos Make You Appear Polished.It will make you look like you're in control of your life and very successful. As such, women are instantly attracted to your success in life and they envision you as someone they want to be with.

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Penguins are flightless birds widely known for their cuteness. They have tapered bodies, making them look like they are wearing tuxedos. They are found in Antarctica and other cold regions.

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The modern term ethology derives from the Greek language: ἦθος, ethos meaning "character" and -λογία, -logia meaning "the study of". The term was first popularized by the American entomologist William Morton Wheeler in 1902.[1]

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Tropisms

Penguins live on snow.
Parrots have a tropic show.
It's just so, you know?

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tropic. a combining form with the meanings “turned toward, with an orientation toward” that specified by the initial element (geotropic), “having an affinity for, affecting” what is specified (lipotropic; neurotropic; psychotropic), “affecting the activity of, maintaining” a specified organ (gonadotropic).

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Notes: hmmph...

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Imprinting/quotes/poem/2/6/2024

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Imprinting

The black bear has a white chest patch, also known as a blaze, for a variety of reasons. One theory is that it serves as a visual cue for mother bears to locate their cubs in dense forest or tall grass.

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It usually occurs early in life, during a critical period. That is why the textbooks call it phase-sensitive learning. It is learning which happens at a particular age or a particular life stage. The animal fixes on a particular signal (sound or sight), which is said to be 'imprinted' onto the subject. The process of imprinting is caused by an inherited instinct.

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Imprint

Mama Mergansers have a white chin too
Like the Canada Goose do
And such are for the little ones
Across the Animal Kingdom
To glue and follow follow.

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Notes: sometimes a reach pans out...when Maya my dog was a puppy, I was taken with her coloration...white chest, white boots...and I looked about to see if it was rare...nope...found a whole litter of Husky/Shepard lookalikes...but I began seeing the white chinstrap/chest/bib/blaze on other animals, on Canada Geese, which are all over the parks hereabout that have a pond...took the searchup by the horns this evening, and found imprinting...that's it!...to confirm, I looked up Mergansers, and sure enough, a white chin on the females...I kinda imprinted on Mergansers on first seeing them on the Merced in the Valley!

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Heuristic/quote/notes/2/5/2024

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Black Dog Syndrome

Apophenia

Heuristic

Polychrisis

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The polycrisis illusion

For one thing, it’s always very easy to think that we live in an era uniquely chock-full of risks, disasters, and problems. This is because of something called the availability heuristic — we tend to think the things we read about are typical of the world at large. And both the news media and the social media shouters who crave our eyeballs have long ago realized that “no news is good news” — i.e., negative news is uniquely good at grabbing our attention. So the more we’re engaged with current events, the more we’re likely to see the world as defined by things that alarm us — this is the subject of the song “We Didn’t Start the Fire”, quoted at the top of this post.

This is not to say the world is free of crises and risks; there are plenty out there. Nor is it to say that our current era has less than others; this is very hard to judge. But the idea that these crises are all related may be a case of apophenia — our natural human tendency to perceive connections that don’t actually exist, or are far weaker than we think.

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Against Polycrisis

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Notes:  welp. I was seaeching up why black cats are black (´tis so for Halloween!)...and found Black Dog Syndrome, the question of what color pets people prefer...heurestic...oh, this is apophenia again, and found the polycrisis blog post...I check in on the crisis everyday and wonder if my double word study...I´ve searched up apophenia compounded with the things and people in the news, aaand itś a commonplace noted by many...go figure! 

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DavidDavid

Plumed Serpent/quote/notes/2/4/2024

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The Jornadans made use of step frets and stepped outlines in other depictions, including so-called "rain altars" or "cloud terraces." In Mesoamerican cultures, the stepped designs represented flowing water, energy, or lightning. Serpents, frequently portrayed in Jornada art, also are associated with water. Serpents wearing a horned or plumed cap appear in numerous rock art sites and have been likened to the Mesoamerican deity, Quetzalcoatl.

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Notes: Southwest pottery motifs are polysynthetic; compounds, blends...motifs are words...one

Mimbres pot is a compound name...I´ve become a big fan of Mimbres pottery!

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Aposematism/quotes/notes/2/3/2024

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Aposematism

Apotropaic

Aposematism is the advertising by an animal to potential predators that it is not worth attacking or eating.^[1] This unprofitability may consist of any defenses which make the prey difficult to kill and eat, such as toxicity, venom, foul taste or smell, sharp spines, or aggressive nature. These advertising signals may take the form of conspicuous coloration, sounds, odours,^[2] or other perceivable characteristics. Aposematic signals are beneficial for both predator and prey, since both avoid potential harm.

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Apotropaic magic (from Greek αποτρέπειν "to ward off") or protective magic is a type of magic intended to turn away harm or evil influences, as in deflecting misfortune or averting the evil eye. Apotropaic observances may also be practiced out of superstition or out of tradition, as in good luck charms (perhaps some token on a charm bracelet), amulets, or gestures such as crossed fingers or knocking on wood. Many different objects and charms were used for protection throughout history.

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Scientific interest in humans' perception of magic started only recently, in 2008.^[2] Some researchers have coined terms such as neuromagic or magicology for the study of magic.^[3][4] Other scientists are critical of the new field, saying it is not worthy to stand as a field of its own.^[2]

Some animal species are capable of misdirection, an important skill magicians possess to trick humans. For example, chimpanzees have been observed to deliberately look away from an object they desire as to avoid it being noticed by a competitor.^[5] Jays and other corvids pretend to store food in various places, trying obscure the cache's true location from observers. This suggests that at least some species are susceptible to magic.^[

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The broken-wing display, in which birds fake being wounded to protect their nests from predators, is found across the avian phylogenetic tree, a study finds.

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Notes:  Oh!...this is curious...animal and plants use apophenia/pattern recognition to hide and attract!...they are magicians!...

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Chin Strap/notes/2/2/2024

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Notes: the Canada Geese chinstrap...mydogMaya has one too, and nowabout  beginning a reach to find the how and why of it!...late now and sleepy...more tomorrowmorrow...

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OTI:Fate/share/notes/2/1/2024

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Fate of Languages

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Linguists generally agree in estimating that within the next century, the extinction of at least several thousand of the 6,909 languages listed by Ethnologue, or nearly half, is virtually guaranteed under present circumstances.

The future of languages - Oxford Academic

Notes:  bit of a rush...almost midnight...on my phone, on opening google, I can just clic on G and a list of log lines I might like shows up...my AlgoPuka does this, fills my AlgoBowl...it considers what I posted day or so before, and finds stuff to add stuff to...I guess this is the start of having an AI companion, or some such...anyway, sorry for hurried post...more measured tomorrowmorrow!

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