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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:15 PM Original message |
Honeybees Might Have Emotions |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. How long until someone blames the honeybee's remorse on Obama? |
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anamandujano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Since they're still mired in fighting for the vote . . . . |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:59 PM Original message |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. ........ |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Remarkable. |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. In the beginning of the world people and animals |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. I can/do to a very very tiny degree. |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Me, too. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. LOL - Observation is the key. And I'm very well trained too. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
38. _The Tribe of Tiger_ and _The Hidden Life of Dogs_ are |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 06:38 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. I'm sure I would enjoy both those books. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. I am sure you will too. Happy reading! nt |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm sure they have anger. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Anger? Or just scared? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Well, I know cats show fear. But anger seems to be their strong suit, lol. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. When the weather isn't to their liking - chilly, damp, windy, |
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Doctor Hurt (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. very dubious. |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Do emotions only reside in the "brain" of a being? |
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Doctor Hurt (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. yes. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. How can we be so sure? |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. New thought believes that we "think" in our guts, too |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Douglas Hofstadter's book _I am a Strange Loop_ is |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 03:02 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Neurotransmitters are two directiona in us humans. |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. And you know this how exactly? |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 03:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
42. The endocrine system |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. not dubious, according to those who study bees' brains |
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Doctor Hurt (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The article didn't ask me for a quote. |
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localroger (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Every brain structure we have, is shared with animals |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why do I have to be a fucking slave? Huh?..buzzbuzz..Who died and made that bitch queen anyway? nt |
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Doctor Hurt (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. The queen, though, is as much as slave as all the others |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Recent studies are point toward the nurse bees being the brains of the outfit. |
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Doctor Hurt (472 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I suspect nurse bees are rather like "hub neurons" in a network |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 05:25 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. That would follow |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. And they have MBAs |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 08:16 AM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Excellent |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 05:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
44. As long as there's honey flow (available nectar and pollen) young healthy queen |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. I love bees. They're awesome. n/t |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I like their knees. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. I love bees too. They pollinate my tomatoes and my avocados just to start. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. It is amazingly beautiful to watch. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Lol at you standing in defense of the flowers & hubby w/ weedwhacker - mine is the SAME WAY! |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 02:58 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Don't get me wrong. My husband is great. But he gets annoyed with |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
47. Honey bee pollination can increase crop production by 40% |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yep... |
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Mulhane (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. Explains Hive Decline? |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. Bee drones mate once and then die, after their reproductive organs are pretty-much ripped out... |
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localroger (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Maybe bee drones tend toward masochism? /nt |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
24. Very interesting read. Thankie! |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. Sounds logical. |
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Cannikin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
49. I've always thought of emotions as being left-over survival instincts. |
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rainparkotherthings (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
51. Newsflash: they also have souls |
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