Your Soul Food for the week of Earth Day 2023: Changes in Attitudes, Inter-Species Relationships, Plant Intelligence, Animals’ ‘sixth sense’, Lessons Dogs Can Teach Us, and Crises Make Us Kinder

Happy Soul Food Friday!

This week:

Changes in Attitudes, Inter-Species Relationships, Plant Intelligence, Animals’ ‘sixth sense’, Lessons Dogs Can Teach Us, and Crises Make Us Kinder

Murphy, a furniture dealer from Dublin, decided toexpand the line of furniture in his store, so he decided to go to Paris to see what he could find.

After arriving in Paris, he visited with some manufacturers and selected a line that he thought would sell well back home. To celebrate the new acquisition, he decided to visit a small bistro and have a glass of wine.

As he sat enjoying his wine, he noticed that the small place was quite crowded, and that the other chair at his table was the only vacant seat in the house. Before long, a very beautiful young Parisian girl came to his table, asked him something in French (which Murphy could not understand), so he motioned to the vacant chair and invited her to sit down.

He tried to speak to her in English, but she did not speak his language. After a couple of minutes of trying to communicate with her, he took a napkin and drew a picture of a wine glass and showed it to her. She nodded, so he ordered a glass of wine for her.

After sitting together at the table for a while, he took another napkin, and drew a picture of a plate with food on it, and she nodded. They left the bistro and found a quiet cafe that featured a small group playing romantic music.

They ordered dinner, after which he took another napkin and drew a picture of a couple dancing. She nodded, and they got up to dance. They danced until the cafe closed and the band was packing up.

Back at their table, the young lady took a napkin and drew a picture of a four-poster bed.

To this day, Murphy has no idea how she figured out he was in the furniture business.

Changing Our Attitudes to Climate Change-

Ten photographs that made the world wake up to climate change:
Award-winning photographers Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier choose 10 powerful photos that have changed our attitudes to climate change.

Ten photographs that made the world wake up to climate change | CNN

Inter-Species Relationships-

Indian Villager Lives with Crane He Rescued from Death: ‘I Can’t Imagine Life Without Him’
Arif Gurjar nursed a sarus crane back to health last year, and the animal has not left his side since

Wounded Crane Saved by Indian Villager Now Refuses to Leave His Side (people.com)

Plant Intelligence-

What Is It Like to Be a Plant?

In a provocative new book, Planta Sapiens: The New Science of Plant Intelligence, philosopher Paco Calvo, with writer Natalie Lawrence, explores these questions, urging us not to fall into the “zoocentric trap” of believing that intelligence, agency and even consciousness are found only in animals.

What Is It Like to Be a Plant? – Scientific American

Plants unleash ultrasonic cries for help when stressed, study finds
And if you listen closely, the type of sound the plant is making could tell you what’s wrong.

Plants emit a “rather noisy” cry for help when under stress, scientists find – CBS News

Magnetoreception in Fruit Flies-

Animals’ ‘sixth sense’ is more widespread than previously thought
A study using fruit flies, led by researchers at the Universities of Manchester and Leicester, supported by the National Physical Laboratory, has suggested that the animal world’s ability to sense a magnetic field may be more widespread than previously thought.

Scientists already know that species such as the monarch butterfly, pigeon, turtle and other animals use the earth’s magnetic field to navigate over long distances. But the discovery could mean the biological molecules required to sense magnetic fields are present—to a greater or lesser extent—in all living things.

Animals’ ‘sixth sense’ is more widespread than previously thought (phys.org)

5 Important Lessons Dogs Can Teach Us, According to a Veterinarian
A board-certified veterinary medical oncologist, Dr. Renee Alsaraff created four medical oncology practices and three radiation centers for animals. She has been in private practice for 30 years. Currently, Renee works as a consultant for PetCure Oncology. She has brought her therapy dogs to nursing homes, helped special needs children ride horseback, competed in obedience trials with her boxers and created MSU’s Pet Loss Support Group.

5 Important Lessons Dogs Can Teach Us, According to a Veterinarian | Apartment Therapy

World Happiness Report Finds That Crises Make Us Kinder
Since the pandemic began, people around the world have been helping, donating, and volunteering more—especially in Ukraine.

World Happiness Report Finds That Crises Make Us Kinder (berkeley.edu)

If You Are Local:

Drivin the Bus will be at Coomber’s in Oceanside (611 Mission Ave.) this Saturday with 2 sets- 5:30 to 7pm and 7:30 to 9pm- playing all the favorite classic jams.

Come join the fun and let your hair down at this covered outdoor patio venue.

You can book tables in advance if you like.