Our species has a long history of feeding other species. A couple of articles examine this behavior. The first is written by "H is for Hawk" author Helen Macdonald.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/science/animal-feeding-humans.html
Many species have symbiotic relationships often called mutualism where both species benefit being together that often involves food. The oxpecker bird who eat ticks on zebra's coats is a good example. In our case, dogs and cats were domesticated because they helped control vermin, provided an early warning system for predators or hostile tribes or aided with hunting game. But I think we are the only species who feeds others because it gives us pleasure to do so as well as attracting wild things to our environment, gives us some connection with the greater world.
No comments:
Post a Comment