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Frogs & Toads in Print
Posted on March 31, 2009 by wildtracks
As early indicators of environmental stress, frogs and toads have been receiving a lot more attention lately. Now there’s a new book to help experts and beginners alike learn more about these little critters.
The Frogs & Toads of North America
The Frogs and Toads of North America is a very special book. Covering all 101 species in North America, the book contains natural history information, identification tips, range and habitat information, summaries of behavior, and descriptions of calls. It also contains excellent pictures of all species.
One unique feature of this book is that it also comes with a 70-minute CD that includes the calls of nearly every species, and information on public participation in census programs.
Public participation in counting frogs and toads may be vital to their survival. In many areas, they are disappearing faster than the scientists can track. The more eyes and ears looking for them the better.
Plus, there is no better way to get children, especially little boys, involved in nature. Spending an evening prowling around the marsh or lakeshore listening for frogs is a natural fit for kids. They also have the satisfaction of knowing they are helping animals while having fun.
The book sells for less than $20.00, so shut down the computer and video games and get your kids out in the mud. They’ll thank you for it, and so will the disappearing amphibians.———————————————————————-
The Frogs and Toads of North America: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Identification,Behavior, and Calls (Paperback)by Lang Elliott, Carl Gerhardt, Carlos DavidsonPublisher: Mariner Books Feb 18 2009# ISBN-10: 0618663991# ISBN-13: 978-0618663996
Filed under: Amphibians Tagged: disappearing amphibians, Frogs, frogs and toads of north america, toads No Comments »
Cuteness Winners
Posted on March 30, 2009 by wildtracks
The absolute winners in the cuteness stakes are at Sea World in San Diego. Two Asian small-clawed river otters were born Feb 7/09, and are taking the internet by storm today!
Sibling snuzzles
The adorable family, with one PO'd pup!
Otters are definitely among our favorite animals. See more pics and videos about these adorable critters at Cute Otters.com
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Whooper Alert
Posted on March 27, 2009 by wildtracks
Growing up in northern Alberta, I distinctly remember flocks of whooping cranes passing over our house. It was a normal as the sun setting. Little did we know what the future held for these huge, whooping birds.
Whooping Crane
The whooping crane was designated as an Endangered Species in Canada in 1978. Low population numbers, loss of habitat, slow reproductive potential and questions about the stability of their winter range combined to drastically reduce the population. From a record low of less than 20 birds, protection and management programs have slowly increased the crane population.
At the end of March and early April, whooping cranes who have spent the winter in Texas begin migrating north to their breeding grounds in western Canada. Twice each year the birds make the 4,023 km (2,500 mi) journey up and down North America.
The only natural nesting habitat for these huge birds is Wood Buffalo National Park, a 16,895 km² wetland complex in the boreal forests of northern Alberta and southwestern Northwest Territories.
This past winter has been a particularly hard one for the whooping cranes at Aransas National Wildlife Reserve in Texas. Wildlife managers are worried that some of the cranes may be too weak and malnourished to successfully make their return to Canada this season.
Drought has affected the flock that spends each winter on the Texas Gulf Coast. The birds have had trouble finding food because low water levels have decreased the number of blue crabs, which make up 85 percent of their diet. Reserve staff have set up 13 deer feeders with corn, prohibited crab fishing in and around the refuge, and conducted controlled burns to produce new green plants.
Tom Stehn, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service whooping crane coordinator, said some of the birds, which are part of the only naturally occurring population of whooping cranes in the world, could die during the return trip to Canada’s Wood Buffalo National Park because they are so weak and malnourished. Most of the birds will begin the trip in early April.
The flock had a record number of 270 when it arrived last fall. Six adults and 15 chicks had died as of March 15, leaving the flock at 249.
Returning whoopers have already been spotted on their way north in Nebraska this month, and bird watchers along the Central Flyway are on full alert for more sightings.
If you’re in their migration range keep an eye out for these huge white birds. North America’s largest wading bird, they stand up to 4.9 ft (1.5 m) tall, and weigh 13-15 lb (6-7 kg). In flight, their black wing tips are visible, the neck is extended and their long legs extend beyond their tail. Their wingspan measures 6.5 ft (2 m).
Whooping Crane in flight
If you see a Whooping Crane, please report your sighting to the Whooping Crane Conservation Association
Photo credits: Brian Johns, Environment Canada
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Animals We Need To Survive
Posted on March 26, 2009 by wildtracks
Further to yesterday’s post about honey bees, have a look at this website from the National Wildlife Federation, listing 5 Animals Mankind Needs to Survive.
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Bee Ice Cream
Posted on March 25, 2009 by wildtracks
Don’t squash that bee!
Without the humble honey bee, about one in every three bites of the food we eat would disappear. They pollinate about 90 different food crops such as apples, almonds, squash and blueberries, producing the foods we love to eat.
Ice cream helper
Both the scientific and popular press are paying increasing attention to the state of the world’s honey bees.
Huge die-offs are being reported all over the world in what has been called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Millions of bees have left their hives and vanished without a trace. In some US states, up to 90% have disappeared. Nobody knows why. In Taiwan, 10 million honey bees were reported to have disappeared in just two weeks. In Britain, one in five honey bee colonies perished in the winter of 2006/2007. A survey by Apiary Inspectors of America last year found that 36% of the nation’s commercially managed hives were lost in 2008.
The cause of CCD is still being sought. Pesticides or viruses may have weakened the honey bees so they can no longer resist parasites. Unusual weather conditions, global warming and habitat loss have also been touted as possible culprits. It has been suggested a foreign virus may have been contracted from introduced bees brought in from abroad. Or it could be a combination of all of the above.
While it is scary to think about the food we owe to honey bee pollination, an even greater calamity has now come to light. Loss of the honey bees would effect - gasp - ICE CREAM.
It seems Häagen-Dazs depends on bee pollination for more than 40% of its flavors. With no bees there would be no natural flavors. With no natural flavors there could be no Häagen-Dazs.
This socially responsible company has jumped on the cause of the honey bees. They set up a website dedicated to CCD information, announced a $250,000 CCD research grant to Penn State, and established a fellowship in honey bee biology at the University of California, Davis.
So don’t squash that bee. Even if you don’t like insects, imagine a world without naturally flavored ice cream. Let him fly away, and head for the freezer instead.
Filed under: Invertebrates Tagged: colony collapse disorder, honey bees, insects No Comments »
Dead Meat Gifts
Posted on March 20, 2009 by wildtracks
It’s spring at last! Today is officially the first day of the season, and in many areas it’s been a long time coming.
As a birdwatcher, my thoughts naturally turn to our feathered friends as the weather warms up. The popular press is doing the same thing, and the news posts today are flooded with articles about declining bird populations, critically endangered birds, habitat loss and the like.
Amongst all this doom and gloom, I found some positive news, and about a most unlikely species.
It seems Spain has a problem with starving vultures. Regulations introduced by the European Union in 2002 to stop the spread of mad cow disease made it illegal to leave dead livestock in the fields.
Spanish vultures in trouble
These meat-eating birds rely on dead animals for survival, so the new regs mean the vultures have lost an important source of food. The birds are so famished that farmers have seen them attack and kill cows and pigs to satisfy their hunger.
In just about any country in the world, I’m sure little attention would be paid to the plight of a bird that people love to hate.
However, in Madrid, the head of the regional government is modifying the rules to allow some animals that die of natural causes to be left in the countryside to rot. Before the new regulations, farmers could legally dump carcasses in designated areas, and the new legislation will allow them to do that again.
Am I reading this correctly? A government helping birds? Whatever next.
Vultures are very much like hyenas in peoples’ minds. In spite of the fact that these animals provide an extremely important function by clearing the landscape of dead animals, most people shudder when they’re mentioned.
Not only is the government in Madrid not shuddering, they’re actively working to protect the vultures. In the rest of the world, it’s nearly impossible to get any government to protect even the songbirds that everyone likes, never mind a bird with a negative image.
Maybe if we get lucky the conservation mindset of Spanish officials will spread to other countries around the world. But I’m not holding my breath.
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Rats to the Rescue
Posted on March 17, 2009 by wildtracks
Popular press, movies and television shows rarely, if ever, have anything good to say about rats. Police in India, however, are very happy to have them.
It seems officials in India’s Haryana state have a plague of mice infesting office police records and destroying evidence. The small rodents have been steadily munching their way through official documents, clothing and even the jute sacks police use to store narcotics, alcohol and weapons from suspects. The mice seem to be particularly fond of jute bags laced with the aroma of poppy husks - a common narcotic seized in large quantities.
About a month ago, a member of the public suggested they use domesticated white rats. Willing to try anything at this point, police purchased two white rats for about $4.00 US.
Domesticated white rat
Apparently, it’s working. Police release the larger rodents each night, and the mice have just disappeared. While officers have no idea why it’s working, they’re overjoyed the station is now free of mice, and their night guards are happy to work for fresh milk and roti.
Rodents are a huge problem in India. Officials say tons of food grain are lost to mice and rats each year, while field rats weaken canal banks with their burrows. Governments spend millions of dollars every year to try and control the rat menace.
Operations to remove landmines along the Indian-Pakistan border became increasingly precarious after it was discovered rats had moved hundreds of anti-personnel mines from their mapped locations.
This experiment with domesticated white rats has attracted the attention of animal experts, who think it could be a solution to the rodent problem. The police department has already had a number of queries from the small animals lab of the Haryana Agriculture University.
If Indian officials are looking at using domesticated white rats in large quantities, I dearly hope they think it through first. White rats are comfortable with humans, and if they mix with wild rodents and then return to human owners, they could be carrying a multitude of diseases from the wild animals. And if they don’t sterlize the white rats before releasing them, they’ll reallly have rat problem - in a variety of colors.
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Respect The Jellies
Posted on March 13, 2009 by wildtracks
If someone asked you to name the most venomous animal in the world, what would you say? The rattlesnake? A spider or scorpion?
Molecule by molecule, the most deadly animal in the world is a small, translucent animal called a box jellyfish.
Animal venom generally strikes in only one way - it affects the nerves or the blood vessels or the heart or the skin. Box jellyfish venom, on the other hand, is a combination of every known type of poison, affecting every single part of the body. No antidote can ever be designed, as the chemical structure of their venom is just too complex.
Populations of box jellies, along with every other type of jellyfish in the world, are on the increase. Swarms of billions of jellyfish are blooming in every ocean, choking out entire ecosystems and driving out all other forms of life. Of the 2000 species recognized to date, 70 of them are venomous, even deadly to humans.
last winter, an 11 metre deep swarm of mauve stingers covering an area of 25 sq km overwhelmed a salmon farm in Ireland, killing 100,000 fish
in the summer, beachgoers in southwest England were warned about the presence of highly poisonous Portuguese man of wars
studies of mauve stinger swarms in the Mediterranean show that they have now begun blooming in autumn/winter, in addition to spring/summer
billions of huge namora jellyfish have bloomed over the past 40 years in the sea of Japan, with drastic effects on the fishing industry
There is a growing scientific consensus that the size and frequency of swarms is increasing all over the world.
Ocean dead zones - red means dead, yellow means threatened.
Around the globe, dead zones in the ocean are growing. These oxygen-depleted coastal areas are caused by fertilizer and industrial run-off, pollution, sewage and storm water drainage. Once the oxygen has been taken out of the water, nothing can live in it. Except jellyfish.
Other swarms occur in areas where predators such as swordfish, tuna and turtles (all of which eat jellyfish) and smaller fish such as sardines and whitebait (which compete for food) have been depleted by over fishing.
Laboratory studies have shown that the smallest change in anything - temperature, chemicals, salinity, food, light or environmental conditions - cause swarms of jellyfish to bloom. Warmer water and changing currents due to climate change are also influential in their increase, as well as allowing them to follow their food further north than usual.
Incredibly, scientists in Australia have managed to attach a radio transmitter to a box jellyfish. They discovered these animals are not aimlessly drifting with the current as was once thought. They are actively controlling their own movements, and they are hunting.
Jellyfish apparently have no brains (as we know them, at least) or eyes, but they are well on the way to taking complete control of our oceans.
Filed under: Invertebrates Tagged: box jellyfish, jellyfish swarms, ocean dead zones, venomous animals No Comments »
I Wish I Was A Walrus
Posted on March 11, 2009 by wildtracks
The walrus is my new hero.
A new study on their sleeping habits has revealed that they are some of the world’s most unusual sleepers, since they can sleep anywhere. They also break the world’s record for continuously staying awake.
They sleep while floating on the surface, lying on the bottom or when standing or leaning.
The most prominent physical feature of the walrus is its long tusks which are present in both sexes and can reach a length of 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) and weigh up to 5.4 kilograms (12 lb). These are slightly longer and thicker among males, who use them for fighting, dominance and display; the strongest males with the largest tusks typically dominate social groups. Tusks are also used to form and maintain holes in the ice and haul out onto ice.
Sleeping walrus
But most importantly (for this story anyway) walruses also catch some shuteye by literally hanging out, since the researchers say the animals have been seen resting in water while using their tusks to hang from ice floes. Gently floating in the water, well supported with your nose in the air - I could do that.
This sleep position has to be extremely comfortable for an animal that can weigh up to 4,400 lbs (2,000 kg).
When the walruses sleep underwater, they can hold their breath for about 4 to 5 minutes. Although the marine mammals experienced REM sleep while in water, it was fleeting.
On land, the walruses settled into very deep sleep that could last for up to 19 hours. (!) REM sleep was characterized by posture changes — the neck extended and the head moved forward and rested on the platform — muscle and whisker jerks as well as rapid eye movements.
The study found that walruses experience “unihemispheric sleep,” where one half of the brain sleeps while the other stays active. Wouldn’t this be handy for those people who currently have too much work to handle?
The scientists also determined walruses engage in periods of almost continuous swimming for up to 84 hours, but since they swam continuously while in water, this still doesn’t explain how they withstand such extended bouts of activity.
For all you work-a-holics out there, just imagine being able to function properly for up to 84 hours at a time. One half of your brain sound asleep, the other cracking away on all cylinders!
Makes me tired just thinking about it - I believe I’ll go try for some of that 19 hours of REM.
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(In)visible Hare
Posted on March 9, 2009 by wildtracks
Now here’s a thought.
What if your very survival depended on the color of your fur? And what if the colour of your fur suddenly caused to you stick out like a neon sign?
In all the articles on climate change floating around out there, one unusual aspect of global warming is coming from the University of Montana.
Dr. Scott Mills and his students have noticed an exceptional number of white snowshoe hares on brown earth. He contends that climate change and the color mismatch are causing much more hare mortality.
Winter snowshoe hare
Snowshoe hares evolved with plentiful winter snow in the boreal forests of North America. In winter, they grow long white guard hairs to match the snow. In summer, they shed white for mostly rusty brown coats to blend with trees and soil. They depend on their cryptic coloration to hide from predators that include lynx, coyotes, foxes, wolves, pine martens and birds of prey. Radio telemetry data revealed spring and fall to be the most deadly seasons for hares and a bonanza for predators.
It’s not only snowshoe hares that change color in the winter. Weasels, ptarmigans, arctic foxes and barren ground caribou all change with the seasons.
The signal to shift coat color comes from the pineal gland in the brain that senses changes in daylight length. Shortening days of autumn trigger the coat color change from brown to white. Lengthening daylight in the spring reverses the change. But as global warming becomes even more prevalent, the length of the daylight will not change.
Increased temperatures also mean less snow cover. While snow levels vary from year to year, the number of days with snow on the ground appears to be decreasing. Will coat colors continue to shift regardless of how much snow is on the ground? Or will these animals adjust in time to fit new conditions?
Across Canada, snowshoe hares follow a synchronized population cycle of 10-year highs and lows. Hare numbers in the Yukon can peak at 200 to 300 per square kilometer and then drop to about seven. Snowshoe hares are important prey species for every animal in the forest that eats meat. Without them, the ecosystem completely collapses.
Left on their own, wild animals can slowly adjust and adapt to any new conditions. But the pace of global warming is the problem - not the increased temperatures. Scientists have little or no data on how fast animals can adapt, but the suspicion is that the climate is just changing too fast.
This cute little white ‘bunny,’ once the most numerous animal in the boreal forest, may be the next poster animal for global warming.
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People, when given a chance, smile, skip, and dance. They create, play, and laugh.They care, share, and love. And the ones who don’t, haven’t yet realized that chances are something you give yourself. Double dare you, The Universe
“Every decision you make - every decision - is not a decision about what to do. It’s a decision about Who You Are. When you see this, when you understand it, everything changes. You begin to see life in a new way. All events, occurrences, and situations turn into opportunities to do what you came here to do.” Neale Donald Walsch Author of Conversations With God Every once in awhile I will be posting here when Taty is unavailable. She will be back on Totally Useless before you know it, as this blog is one of her passions :) Have a great week ahead - Willem
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| Stop This Cruelty - Stop the Baby Seal Slaugher in Canada! |
| March 16th, 2009 under Useless opinions. [ Comments: none ] |
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The following article on the PETA website reminded me of the fight against this most barbaric “sport”, and way of earning money repeating itself yearly in Canada. What can we do to stop it? To begin with, everyone living in Canada should sign a petition and tell their government that this is absolutely unacceptable practice, and make themselves be heard. For all the others living outside Canada - inform yourselves about demonstrations, and speeches, or write a letter, or an email to Canada’s embassy in your country. Send your friends, and family to PETA’s article and make yourself be heard, one way or another. Let’s make sure that this shameful atrocity will come to end NOW… YOU CAN HELP! Please, sign this petition asking the European Union to ban trade in all products derived from the commercial slaughter of seals. Humane Society International |
| Take the Challenge and earn $1000 in 10 day |
| March 13th, 2009 under Reviews. [ Comments: 5 ] |
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Today I subscribed with this new program VineFire, which is fun by the way. You submit links from your sites, or from anything that you like, such as an YouTube video, or a program you like, or a product you saw. Everything that you regard as interesting can be submitted and when others view your link you get paid. Plus, when you view the listings of others you get paid too. And when you vote for these listings, you get paid as well. And it adds up pretty quickly too. When you subscribe via my link - you’ll get a bonus of $100 right away, and if you happen to refer 10 people in 10 days you’ll get a bonus of $1000. If you subscribe without a referral - the bonus is not $100 but $75. It’s free, so if I were you - I’d sign up. After confirming your subscription you’ll receive your link and can start promoting VineFire and take the challenge. Let me know in the comments here if you signed up under me, and let’s make some easy and fun cash along the way. Take care and have a great weekend |
| One of those days… |
| March 12th, 2009 under Useless rants. [ Comments: 2 ] |
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Only wanted to share a wisdom from the Universe with one of my creations
Sometimes when you’re ready for a change, and you kind of know it but won’t admit it, when it comes, not only are you surprised, but it hurts. Yeah, I know that doesn’t help much, unless you remember the "ready" part. Because there is simply no change that might ever transpire in time and space that happens before you’re fully able to use it for your own growth and glory. Love watching you create, |
| …Protected or Imprisoned… ? |
| March 11th, 2009 under Totally Useless, Useless rants. [ Comments: 1 ] |
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At time we feel so imprisoned by the boundaries of the good or right behavior. Or to say it in other words - the norm and what is expected from you during your socializing life. Wouldn’t it be simply great to break free from everything and everyone demanding of you to fit in the society, or the group of individuals with whom, you are working or sharing a hobby? And at times even from your own family and their boundaries of what is good or bad - right or wrong? Can one help it when feeling like suffocating at times, be it suffocating from the anger one is feeling or the tears that one is trying to suppress? Sure, this person could choose to go to live on his/her own. In a far away place where no one knows them, a place where the person could be, and act, or do the way they choose to. However no matter where one goes - in any of the societies on this Earth there are written and un-written laws that one is expected to follow if living there. And is this the reason some people choose to go to live in remote places all on their own and without any human contact? I wonder if I will be able to do something like this - the choice of being on your own and having the company of yourself alone could be very hard. Or not hard at all - depending on how strong you stand psychically, and if one’s own company is enough. We all know the saying: “Better alone than in bad company” - but, than one is referring not the real meaning of “alone,” the alone of living without any company of other people around you. No, here “alone” is temporary without such friends and not the - on your own and all alone. Wonder how any one of you feels in regards, and would love to read it here. |
| Happy Ineternational Women’s Day… |
| March 8th, 2009 under Totally Useless. [ Comments: none ] |
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With this capture of mine I am wishing a very Happy Women’s Day to all the women readers, and to the loved once of the men readers at Totally Useless
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| Are you Against Genetically Modified Foods? |
| March 5th, 2009 under Reviews, Useless rants. [ Comments: none ] |
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The Natural Solutions Foundation definitely is against all genetically modified crops, and I have been following them for 2 years via an ezine subscription. The video here contains some very important info, and I recommend you viewing it, and digesting the information from it. By the way - I fully support Dr. Rima and their fight with corporations that are putting at jeopardy the health of the population worldwide. Spread the word about the Natural Solution Foundation please on as many blogs as possible. Thank you all.
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| How Can Someone Win if Someone Else Looses? |
| February 27th, 2009 under Totally Useless, Useless rants. [ Comments: 2 ] |
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On a metaphysics forum that I am a member of somebody asked the following: …” how can someone win if someone else looses?” “Well, even if we are One in Oneness we still are individuals, and here on the Earth plane to most probably learn and better ourselves.
Let me know your thoughts about the question that this person asked and wishing you a very nice weekend |
| The beauty hidden in “Namaste”… |
| February 23rd, 2009 under Totally Useless, Useless opinions, Useless rants. [ Comments: 2 ] |
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This video is filled with beauty and wisdom and the only critique that I have about it is that the text goes too fast. I saw it on the blog of The Acolyte Tao and wanted to re-post it here, so that more people will be able to enjoy it… And this is my Namaste for you - in white
May your week be splendid, while you have the eyes to see it, and the heart to feel it with… |
| Enlightened? How Soon and How To… |
| February 18th, 2009 under Totally Useless. [ Comments: 5 ] |
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Can any one of us achieve enlightenment? Of course we can, but to become enlightened one has to suffer… And don’t get me wrong please. While most of us would love to be amidst of other enlightened individuals - non of us would like to do the suffering to become one. Examples of enlightened people would be Buddha, and Jesus Christ to name a few here, and we all know that they did suffer.  My problem with suffering derives from the believe that we should be perfect the way we are. “Who claimed this?,” you might ask. Well, the same enlightened teachers of us human beings claim that we are perfect. Yet at the same time, they have become enlightened because of their own suffering. And, than - how can we be perfect yet not enlightened? And do we need to be enlightened? And if so, for what, and for who’s sake? Would love to hear your opinions in regards, so go ahead and let me know…
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At time we feel so imprisoned by the boundaries of the good or right behavior. Or to say it in other words - the norm and what is expected from you during your socializing life. Wouldn’t it be simply great to break free from everything and everyone demanding of you to fit in the society, or the group of individuals with whom, you are working or sharing a hobby? And at times even from your own family and their boundaries of what is good or bad - right or wrong?
Can one help it when feeling like suffocating at times, be it suffocating from the anger one is feeling or the tears that one is trying to suppress? Sure, this person could choose to go to live on his/her own. In a far away place where no one knows them, a place where the person could be, and act, or do the way they choose to. However no matter where one goes - in any of the societies on this Earth there are written and un-written laws that one is expected to follow if living there.
And is this the reason some people choose to go to live in remote places all on their own and without any human contact? I wonder if I will be able to do something like this - the choice of being on your own and having the company of yourself alone could be very hard. Or not hard at all - depending on how strong you stand psychically, and if one’s own company is enough. We all know the saying: “Better alone than in bad company” - but, than one is referring not the real meaning of “alone,” the alone of living without any company of other people around you. No, here “alone” is temporary without such friends and not the - on your own and all alone. Wonder how any one of you feels in regards, and would love to read it here.
