H.E.C is for Human Elephant Conflict – Elephants Continued

“Everybody pretty much agrees that the relationship between elephants and people has dramatically changed. . .

. . .Decades of poaching and culling and habitat loss, they claim, have so disrupted the intricate web of familial and societal relations by which young elephants have traditionally been raised in the wild, and by which established elephant herds are governed, that what we are now witnessing is nothing less than a precipitous collapse of elephant culture. . .“

http://anthropik.com/2006/10/elephant-men

*Originally posted on Blogspot 1.10.08

E is for Elephant. and Everything else

At times, I am astounded and thrilled at technology. Medical equipment, computers, entertainment – it’s all so amazing and we are blessed to be able to know our capabilities as a species. Yet in this race, it seems like we’ve forgotten where we started. Outside of our walls, under our streets, lie the seeds of incredible intelligence and function.

I’ll be the first to admit that the natural world is not perfect, but it has had era after era to become what it has become and it is overwhelming how everything, every tiny little aspect, flows together like a brilliant machine. Even when one tiny “screw” is out of place, it adjusts itself and keeps on ticking.

What sparked me thinking about this was elephants.