Buzzards, Bats, and Bumblebees

[Eric Lilius]

Poor maligned bats.
Bats can climb easily and vampire bats can run in a way that
has been described as "fast pushups".
I think I will go out to my patch of lupins where there is a
major "bee" movie happening and discover that bumblebees can
work their way out of a tumbler.
I guess the buzzards are stuck in a prison of another's making.
Just as the many who are looking for the answers from "above".

Mahalo
Eric


Spady's wrote:

> Sort of an interesting perspective about space that "seems" open, but
> really
> isn't.  Sorry if this offends anyone in regards to the religious
> connotation.
> Judy Spady
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > This is very interesting information... we can all gain
>>>> > a new perspective or two....
>>>> >
>>>> > BUZZARD
>>>> >
>>>> > If you put a buzzard in a pen that is 6 feet by 8 feet and is
>>>> > entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of its ability to
>>>> > fly, will be an absolute prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard
>>>> > always begins a flight from the ground with a run of 10 to 12
>>>> > feet. Without space to run, as is its habit, it will not even
>>>> > attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in a small
>>>> > jail with no top.
>>>> >
>>>> > BAT
>>>> >
>>>> > The ordinary bat that flies around at night, a remarkably
>>>> > nimble creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place.
>>>> > If it is placed on the floor or flat ground, all it can do is shuffle
>>>> > about helplessly and, no doubt, painfully, until it reaches some
>>>> > slight elevation from which it can throw itself into the air. Then,
>>>> > at once, it takes off like a flash.
>>>> >
>>>> > BUMBLEBEE
>>>> >
>>>> > A bumblebee, if dropped into an open tumbler, will be there
>>>> > until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of
>>>> > escape at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out
>>>> > through the sides near the bottom.  It will seek a way where
>>>> > none exists, until it completely destroys itself.
>>>> >
>>>> > PEOPLE
>>>> >
>>>> > In many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat,
>>>> > and the bumblebee. They are struggling about with all their
>>>> > problems and frustrations, not ever realizing that the answer is
>>>> > right there "Above" them.
>>>> >
>>>> >
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