Dear Harvey,
You are right about Galahs knowing how to have fun. They are certainly
daredevil flyers. Your reference to bonding is, of course, completely
accurate and your comparison of BIRDS to humans is, again, spot on. If you
have an interest in reading about the similarities (between BIRDS &
humans), I would like to recommend "The Human Nature of Birds" - A
Scientific Discovery with Startling Implications - by Theodore Xenophon
Barber, PH.D. I had a hard time tracking this book down, but it was well
worth the effort.
Regards.
Bonnie
At 09:10 AM 4/1/98 +1000, you wrote:
>>Just as an aside - parrots probably should not be said to be "grieving" for
>>the dead mate. The pair bonding is so strong that they just hang around the
>>dead one, until they too are another road statistic.
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>So then how do you define "grieving". Sure, it's anthropomorphic, but
>isn't human grief the result of similar strong bonding. And given the
>obvious ability of galahs to have "fun", I have no problem with their
>ability to feel "grief". Particularly on a forum such as Birding-aus!
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>Cheers
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>Harvey
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>Dr Harvey D. Perkins
>Divn Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
>Faculty of Science
>Australian National University
>Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia
>ph:(02) 6249 2663; fax:(02) 6249 0313
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