Do you ever wonder what birds think of Humanity?

Hello Everyone! Hope all is well? I’m blogging about something a bit different today, this particular subject received so many different answers which were all fascinating. Therefore I thought I would share the subject on my blog today, to start off let me first give a bit of a background on how this question came up in the first place. My husband was in a team meeting the other day, and I overheard the topic of conversation from his office as I was walking by,his boss started off the meeting by asking the question “If you could ask any animal any question, what animal would it be? and what question would you ask it?” Of course a lot of people were choosing the more exotic, fierce animals and presenting the animal with the question of “why do you eat this or that?” “whats your favorite part about living?” ” If you could choose to eat something different, what would it be and why?” One girl in his class chose a bird, she didn’t specify what kind of bird either; and the one question she would ask this bird is “what would you say is the best part of humanity?” The class all answered in “wow!” remarks, she was then asked by the instructor why she would choose a bird? why not a tiger or something? Her answer was that birds fly above us all day everyday. Traveling to different parts of the world, witnessing human interactions among each other; she remarked “yes the birds probably do see the bad as well, but they observe us more than we think they do. A lot of the time we believe that we are the ones looking at them, when in fact they are the ones observing us and because of this they have probably seen some of the most beautiful things in human kind.

The world we live in today, is so chaotic. Hate spreads so quickly, by the click of a button now someone can post nothing but negative posts about how horrible someone is, or how the world is just a horrible place. Then you turn on the news and again see so many news stations who stick to either conservative, or liberal, or socialist opinions. Speaking about how the other side is trying to ruin the world, and this being viewed can effect you whether its playing in the back of your mind the remainder of the day or just seeing consistent suggestions on your phone, and or social media platforms. Anyways back on topic, sorry for the rant but I do have a point I promise. I believe that we forget about the good in human kind, because lets be honest there is more negative posted than the positive.

I believe If a bird could speak to me, and answer the question on what the best part of humanity and the worst part of humanity is; its answer would be simple, I believe that the bird would reply with “The best part of human kind, is humans themselves. The worst part of human kind, is when we loose what makes humans, human. Such as honesty, integrity, courage, self awareness and wholeheartedness, I don’t believe that some of us loose this intentionally. I came across an article, https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080430075912.htm where research by Julia Carter, a PhD student at the University of Bristol speaking about how “the human eye is like a window into the soul; conveying much about a person’s emotions and intentions. New research demonstrates for the first time that birds also respond to a human’s gaze. set up experiments that showed starlings will keep away from their food dish if a human is looking at it. However, if the person is just as close, but their eyes are turned away, the birds resumed feeding earlier and consumed more food overall.” Carter then says Carter said “This is a great example of how animals can pick up on very subtle signals and use them to their own advantage”. I believe birds, as well as other animals have higher instincts than we do, which is why I believe that if I did have an opportunity to ask a bird a question like this; their answer would be something deeper than I would ever think it could be. Its important to remember that the world is still filled with good, as long as we all hold tightly to believing this we wont loose ourselves.

Thanks for reading my blog everyone! I leave the question to you now, If you could ask any animal which animal would you ask “what is the best and worst part of humanity?” Or to keep it simple “if you could ask any animal any question, what animal would you speak to? and what question would you ask it?” -Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”- Mahatma Gandhi. – ” To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity” – Nelson Mandela. -“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” – Dalai Lama.