[lit-ideas] Re: Maybe Denis was right after all...
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:25:07 -0800 (PST)
Denis is dead, but his spirit will live as long as the last McDonalds exists in
a barren world.
--- On Tue, 1/11/11, David Savory <dsavory@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: David Savory <dsavory@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [lit-ideas] Maybe Denis was right after all...
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 9:39 PM
Swinging bachelors often try to impress potential mates with their fancy cars,
houses and jewelry, and it appears that male bowerbirds of Papua New Guinea
employ a similar mating strategy by building elaborate tree homes. National
Geographic magazine noted in July that the birds can "build a hut that looks
like a doll's house" or "arrange flowers, leaves and mushrooms in such an
artistic manner" that researchers liken them to the craftsmanship of humans.
Biologists observed females gravitating to males who had such structures as a
three-foot tower of twigs, nuts and beetles, decorated with "garlands of
caterpillar feces glistening with dew." [National Geographic, July 2010]
David Savory
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