Blog #242--Interesting Tidbits Not Included in Book, Part 22

This is part of a continuing series of short subjects that clarify and support conclusions drawn in the book “It’s a Secret, So Pass it On: a Toolbox For Life.”

Tidbit #1: Research reported by Cell Press explains how scientists are able to cause docile mice to become highly predatory and aggressive by stimulating specific neurons in their brains. A summary in sciencedaily.com describes it thusly:

“One set of neurons in the amygdala, the brain’s center of emotion and motivation, cues the animal to pursue prey. Another set signals the animal to use its jaw and neck muscles to bite and kill.”

The scientists applied laser light to specific neurons and observed results. They used this information to map the brain for the specific functions of each neuron. While it is doubtful anyone would wish to create overly aggressive mice, this same type of work might have broader applications.

For instance, it is known intelligence agencies have studied human brains covertly for many years. One must wonder if they have already mapped the human brain and have perhaps used it to create Manchurian candidates for purposes of false flag operations. If that has not yet occurred, there’s a good chance one or more sinister elements within governments around the world will someday use it against human populations. As stated many times, there is both good and bad in every discovery.

Tidbit #2: Hummingbirds are a marvel of Nature. So small they sometimes use spider webs to help build nests, these living helicopters can hover near flowers and use their beaks to obtain high energy nectar from them. Despite their minute size and extremely high metabolism, some hummingbird species migrate long distances. How that is accomplished is still not completely understood.

Unbeknownst to most of us, a few species of hummingbird are even tinier than the ones observed commonly in the United States. The wood star, a native of the Bahamas, is smaller than many moths. The smallest of all is the bee hummingbird of Cuba. It averages only 1.97-2.36 inches from beak to tail and weighs only 0.06-0.07 ounces. Barely visible to the naked eye, its flight patterns more closely resemble insects than birds. These birds are another of many examples of species that show connections with relatively unrelated life forms.

Tidbit #3: Great white sharks are considered by many to be at the top of the food chain, at least in the ocean. But that is not necessarily true. Recently a killer whale was filmed killing and eating a great white shark. This may place the killer whale at the top of the chain, but a humpback whale was once seen ramming a killer whale. Regardless, killer whales are extremely intelligent, and different pods around the world have cultures that vary one from another and use specific learned behaviors that are passed along from one generation to the next.

The killer whale that killed the great white shark understood something about sharks that scientists have only recently discovered. It came up to the shark from below and rammed it in such a way that the shark rotated nearly 180 degrees onto its back. Only then did the whale bite the shark, holding it in its mouth for an extended period. The shark didn’t thrash around at all, and there is a reason the whale appeared to understand.

When a shark is turned onto its back, it goes into what scientists call “tonic immobility,” a type of trance. That particular killer whale might also be one that has learned to turn rays upside down for the same reason before eating them. Eventually, the great white shark died, and only then did the whale bite off a large chunk of liver. After a few more bites, it left the remains to the scavengers.

It is interesting that no sharks came to that area after the attack. It is now known that dead sharks release a chemical that scares other sharks into leaving the area immediately. Duplicating this chemical in the laboratory will likely lead to the commercial production of a shark repellant. This reaction to a chemical also demonstrates how easy it is for various species to communicate using nonverbal cues.

Tidbit #4: Researchers at Duke University studied the mating behavior of chimpanzees in Tanzania. They found that chimps prefer mating with those that are relatively dissimilar to them genetically. Granted, they are more alike than different, but this is equivalent to humans looking negatively toward incest.

The scientists were unsure why this was occurring, but I think there is a simple explanation. Relative opposites attract and relative likes repel. I hope someday scientists will recognize the electromagnetic component of all behaviors because it is the most likely underlying cause.

Tidbit #5: A snow monkey, a type of macaque, was photographed mating with a Sika deer. The two species share space on Japan’s Yakushima Island and even have a symbiotic relationship, but this was the first time interspecies sex was observed between them. Humans may feel repulsed by such mating behavior, but sex is sex. This particular monkey was possessive toward its cooperative deer, using it as a sex toy rather than for reproduction.

All species have needs, and sometimes those needs overlap with individuals from other species. Without question, humans are the species most likely to engage in interspecies sex. It occurs more often than is ever reported, but the relationship between a snow monkey and a deer is similar to a relationship between a human male and a female sheep, for example.

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