A personal blog from a Canadian Comparative Physiologist. May include topics from Evolutionary Physiology to Conservation Physiology to basic animal physiology. Ramphastos is the genus name of the Toco Toucan, an animal that signifies everything I find fascinating about animal evolution.
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Are we studying them, or are they studying us?
I always feel like I am being watched here in Galapagos. Not the authorities who seem to keep a tight lid on anything, but the animals. Given that most have no or little fear of humans, they are quite approachable. However, even when you are in the field doing something, you feel like the wildlife is watching you. Chances are, something is sitting in a tree or bush looking down at you with little apparent desire to flee.
Case in point, here is a small ground finch that has flown into my room and is perched beside my journal. Maybe he wants to add a note? Perhaps something whispered to him by other scientists?
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