Strange how we create a brain for things like plants and animals. I was reading about studies in to pets recently. Pet owners commonly call themselves mum or dad. But it was interesting hearing how many had added their pets on the census returns, or suggested that their pets were more important than their partners.
I was reading about a new discovery. Only the second plant in the world that has been identified as being pollinated by a lizard. It was interesting reading about it, but I was struck by the language. The article was written in a way that made it sound like the plant had designed the lizard in order to get pollinated.
Some of the recent discussion about the possibility of the virus mutating used similar language “we haven’t put pressure on the virus yet”. Almost as though once we start attacking the virus with a vaccine it will choose to fight back by mutating.
Have you ever asked “Where are you?” when looking for an inanimate object that you have lost? I’ve heard some people say it.
I wonder if that might be why we accumulate “stuff”, because it becomes part of our family.