In Harmony …. Part II
[okay we are back now and the responsible people, well irresponsible, actually when you think about it … .um … the people responsible for the errors on the last blog have been sacked.]
So, as I was saying before getting cut off, most living creatures are all just singing.
[oh and we apologize for all these annoying, interrupting apologies. we now return you to..]
As I was trying to say … many of us are singing, but communicating extends much deeper than just audio stimulation. We can communicate more visually to someone who speaks a different language by our overall demeanor. Many species of animals “communicate” to one another by their visual frequency of their body. Those colors are there for a reason -- look at me, pass my genes on!
Some organisms use olfactory input. Others use chemoreceptors. All these means of “communicating” are a big part of the “pass my genes” concept. It’s interesting how all the biological systems affect one other and how each organism cuts out the clutter allowing them to focus in on only the ones that are beneficial to them individually (and hence, collectively, as a species).
It’s just one big intertwined cycle. I recall when first looking into getting a B.S. in Biology and being shocked that differential equations was a mandatory class. After a few classes, I understood just how much integrations are needed to make up predictive models.
Funny how the interaction of two crows and, then, two other songbirds took me from "singing" to/at one another to the very essence of survival.
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