If you were an elephant …
by Charles Foster from Environment | The Guardian on (#29DS0)
" the world would be a brighter, smellier, noisier place - and you would be a better, wiser, kinder person. The author of Being a Beast explains all
If you were an elephant living wild in a western city, you'd be confused and disgusted.
You'd have one two-fingered hand swinging from your face - a hand as sensitive as tumescent genitals, but which could smash a wall or pick a cherry. With that hand you'd explore your best friends' mouths, just for the sake of friendship. With that hand you'd smell water miles away and the flowers at your feet. You'd sift it all, triaging. Category 1: immediate danger. Category 2: potential threat. Category 3: food and water. Category 4: weather forecasts - short and long range. Category 5: pleasure.
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