Silence! Let the Mimicry Begin...

While humans have great talent, as we saw in our last post, no human mimic is going to even come close to this.

Silly looking thing isn't it? That's just the front end though. The Lyrebird is absolutely the best. Watch, listen, and be amazed. David Attenborough is your commentator!

You can read more about the Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae and its smaller cousin here

After watching, and listening, you might get an idea of why the Australian Aborigines call them "Weringerong," "Woorail," and "Bulln-bulln" !

Suffer the CHILDREN

The BBC reports an estimated 43 million children in the war affected hotspots around the world that are now being denied a chance at education (data from Save the Children).

Horrifying, but not nearly as bad as this statistic: The proportion of women and children among civilians injured or killed in war is approximately 80% (according to Unicef).

In countries like India, where industrialisation is growing apace, the greater danger comes from poverty. Society is becoming more stratified.

The absolute number of kids getting a primary education seemingly increases as a result of the 'growth' of the middle class.
But, the poor are getting poorer - and sending their kids out to work. Staying alive has a higher priority. Privatisation of education only means that the government, which should be helping the poor, quietly turns a blind eye.

Getting back to the question of who really suffers in war, one wonders, do the perpetrators of war ever think through the consequences?

What benefit is there in supposedly engaging one enemy but ending up killing only women and kids?

Is this a new sort of tactic ?



- stop fighting me...

or I will decimate your women and children?


Remember: Modern warfare kills 10 TIMES more civilians than combatants!