This is a really good read and shows our connect and importance of our relationship with animals. They are an important link in our evolution on many many levels. Enjoy the read!
"Animalz Rule",
Monday, August 2, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wolf Philosophy
The Introduction from
Wisdom of Wolves
by Twyman Towery
The attitude of the wolf can be summed up simply: it is a constant visualization of success. The collective wisdom of wolves has been progressively programmed into their genetic makeup throughout the centuries. Wolves have mastered the technique of focusing their energies toward the activities that will lead to the accomplishment of their goals.
Wolves do not aimlessly run around their intended victims, yipping and yapping. They have a strategic plan and execute it through constant communication. When the moment of truth arrives, each understands his role and understands exactly what the pack expects of him.
The wolf does not depend on luck. The cohesion, teamwork and training of the pack determines whether the pack lives or dies.
There is a silly maxim in some organizations that everyone, to be a valuable member, must aspire to be the leader. This is personified by the misguided CEO who says he only hires people who say they want to take his job. Evidently, this is supposed to ensure that the person has ambition, courage, spunk, honesty, drive - whatever. In reality, it is simply a contrived situation, with the interviewee jumping through the boss's hoops. It sends warnings of competition and one-upmanship throughout the organization rather than signals of cooperation, teamwork and loyalty.
Everyone does not strive to be the leader in the wolf pack. Some are consummate hunters or caregivers or jokesters, but each seems to gravitate to the role he does best. This is not to say there are not challenges to authority, position and status - there are. But each wolf's role begins emerging from playtime as a pup and refines itself through the rest of its years. The wolf's attitude is always based upon the question, "What is best for the pack?" This is in marked contrast to us humans, who will often sabotage our organizations, families or businesses, if we do not get what we want.
Wolves are seldom truly threatened by other animals. By constantly engaging their senses and skills, they are practically unassailable. They are masters of planning for the moment of opportunity to present itself, and when it does, they are ready to act.
Because of training, preparation, planning, communication and a preference for action, the wolf's expectation is always to be victorious. While in actuality this is true only 10 percent of the time or less, the wolf's attitude is always that success will come-and it does.
From the book, Wisdom Of Wolves by Twyman Towery, this is a very powerful passage into the understanding of wolves. I want to thank my friend and fellow animal lover, Christine Guba, for making me aware of this book. If only humans, all, practiced the way of the wolf, this might be a better place. Instead of sitting around waiting for someone or something else to make your life, try getting out there and doing it for yourself. Also, I can't imagine a pack of wolves sitting around praying to some deity for guidance, direction and salvation.....
"Wolves Rule",
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Great White Eats Tourist!!
Fatal South African Shark Attack a Rare Encounter
Experts say the shark attack that killed a Zimbabwean tourist off the South Africa coast on Tuesday was a particularly rare occurrence, considering the relentless manner in which the animal apparently attacked the man.
Witness reports of the incident off Cape Town, South Africa, were gruesome , describing what sounded like a scene from "Jaws" – an innocent tourist targeted by a "dinosaur-sized" Great White shark who struck three times, leaving nothing but "a pool of blood in the water."
One official said: "It didn't bite him and let him go. It came back and carried on eating."
After days of searching, Lloyd Skinner's body had not been found.
A deadly shark attack often captures global fascination and attention, but experts say the sort of aggressive attack that occurred at Fish Hoek beach is striking.
"White sharks in general are rare and fatal white shark attacks are even more rare," said George Burgess, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research at the state's Museum of Natural History.
He said the majority of human-shark encounters are "investigatory," with the shark detecting the silhouette of a floating object and trying to determine if it's prey.
The attack on Skinner, however, seems to fall into a far more unusual "predatory" category."It appears he was hit very violently, with very high energy," said Richard Collier, noted shark expert and president of the Shark Research Committee.
"In this case, it seems the shark meant to disable or kill its prey on initial contact."
Any number of triggers could make a shark lash out in predatory attack, including a sense of danger or a perceived threat to its territory, according to scientists.
Collier estimates that only 5 to 10 percent of shark attacks are predatory, but Skinner's location did not work in his favor.
Studies have shown that shark attacks are more frequent in cool water environments where beaches are used more heavily, like Australia and South Africa. According to Collier, South African sharks are also a bit hungrier than their counterparts along United States' Pacific coast.
"There is less available food in the waters off South Africa," he said. "The seal and sea lion prey are smaller by mass than those we see in California
Still, Burgess points out that a person is more likely to die from an insect bite than a shark bite.
"It's hard to balance the human emotion with the scientific reality – that this is an extremely rare event, especially considering the millions of hours humans spend in the sea."According to the Shark Research Institute, of the approximately sixty unprovoked shark attacks reported globally in 2009, only seven were fatal.
"I would be more concerned about my drive to the beach, or stepping on a bottle on the shore than my interaction with a shark," said Collier.
While Burgess acknowledges that any fatal shark attack is a tragedy, he says "the real story isn't shark bites man, it's man bites shark."
"Overfishing is claiming the lives of millions of sharks a year," he said. "It's easy to see who the real threatened species is."
It's really sad and horrific when something like this happens. Especially the way this one did. However, as the article says, they, the sharks, "are the real threatened species"....
"Animalz Rule, Even Sharks",
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Golden Retriever Saves Boy
Angel only recieved minor injuries
Boy calls dog who fought off cougar his 'guardian'
A boy from Boston Bar, B.C., whose golden retriever saved him from a charging cougar says he wouldn't be alive if his dog hadn't stepped in.
Austin Forman, 11, was gathering firewood in his backyard at about 5 p.m. PT Saturday when his dog, Angel, started acting strangely.
Angel started following him to and from the woodshed, Austin said, almost as though she was checking to make sure he was OK.
Suddenly, Angel ran toward Austin and jumped over a lawn mower — right into the path of a charging cougar.
"I knew at that moment that I would have to go get help, otherwise [Angel] wouldn't have any hope," Austin said.
As Angel fought the cougar, Austin ran inside, where his mother called 911.
When the RCMP arrived on scene minutes later, they found the cougar under the back porch of the house, chewing on Angel's neck.
An officer shot the cougar, killing it instantly.
Austin said it was the first time he'd ever seen a cougar in the yard.
"I was shocked and scared at the same time. I wasn't expecting a cougar at all to be in our yard," he said.
"I feel very, very lucky. If it wasn't for my dog, I don't think I would be here."
Austin said he now feels very differently about Angel.
"She was my best friend, but now she's more than a best friend — she's like my guardian now."
Angel suffered some puncture wounds on her head, neck and one of her hind legs. Austin was not hurt.
Boston Bar is located roughly midway between Vancouver and Kamloops.
Just another example to show how much dogs are mans best friend. Hey, anyone that does harm to a dog, should be canceled. If they are that ignorant and non caring, they do not deserve to be here!
"Dogs Rule",
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