Rayetta's Butterflies - Behavioral Notes
Anecdotal human or proto-human studies of other animals' behavior generally focus on how other animals react to the humans or proto-humans stomping around in their mutual environment. With the advent of remote control video, however, we humans and proto-humans can now enjoy movies of other animal species faunching around, enjoying their usual daily or even nocturnal activities. This is assuming those other animals are not just mugging for the camera.
However, at the CB, we do not have any of the remote control equipment necessary for those studies. In addition, Red is highly unlikely to get me any such equipment, despite whatever wiles I might employ on Red, nudging him in that direction. So I am stuck with studying butterfly behavior anecdotally, as butterfly behavior relates to me.
Hmmm. I thought about allowing Crumby in on this. Crumby gets all lathered up when it comes to the sub-topic, human and proto-human observers mucking around in nature. Crumby is of the opinion that human and proto-human observers are just another source of stress, creating nervousness in the observed, until finally, the observed become so nervous they go extinct. But Crumby is taking a time out in his orgone box. Thus, his opinions are not accessible at this immediate nonce.
Anyway, the hackberry emperors habitating at the CB are no longer the wild creatures that hardly ever come down out of the trees. Thanks to bananas, they are now, tamer. Now, for instance they let me know, when they need a new banana. As I approach the banana feeder containing an almost played out banana, the emperors fly circles around me, bounce off me, land on me, their little faces imploring, please Rayetta, bring us a new banana.
Ha! I thought this behavior cute, having my tamer emperors land on me, until I remembered where their nasty little feet were before they landed on me. Goodness!
The tamer emperors, when their banana is played out, occasionally visit flowers, always the Monarda citriodora. However, even when on the flowers they are tamer. Proof is, they will let me stick a 35mm macro lens right in their little faces and take a picture.
However, at the CB, we do not have any of the remote control equipment necessary for those studies. In addition, Red is highly unlikely to get me any such equipment, despite whatever wiles I might employ on Red, nudging him in that direction. So I am stuck with studying butterfly behavior anecdotally, as butterfly behavior relates to me.
Hmmm. I thought about allowing Crumby in on this. Crumby gets all lathered up when it comes to the sub-topic, human and proto-human observers mucking around in nature. Crumby is of the opinion that human and proto-human observers are just another source of stress, creating nervousness in the observed, until finally, the observed become so nervous they go extinct. But Crumby is taking a time out in his orgone box. Thus, his opinions are not accessible at this immediate nonce.
Anyway, the hackberry emperors habitating at the CB are no longer the wild creatures that hardly ever come down out of the trees. Thanks to bananas, they are now, tamer. Now, for instance they let me know, when they need a new banana. As I approach the banana feeder containing an almost played out banana, the emperors fly circles around me, bounce off me, land on me, their little faces imploring, please Rayetta, bring us a new banana.
Ha! I thought this behavior cute, having my tamer emperors land on me, until I remembered where their nasty little feet were before they landed on me. Goodness!
The tamer emperors, when their banana is played out, occasionally visit flowers, always the Monarda citriodora. However, even when on the flowers they are tamer. Proof is, they will let me stick a 35mm macro lens right in their little faces and take a picture.
posted by ray pistrum at Saturday, June 09, 2007
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