Straight out of the pages of the Smithsonian!
One day, while questioning the usual direction of scientific thought on this subject--that head feathers on birds were just there for good looks, scientists decided to experiment. And they found out something absolutely earth shattering.
They found out that when they taped down the whiskered auklets head feathers, and put them in a dark maze "designed to mimic the rock crevices where they nest", why, guess what happened?
The birds with their head feathers taped down BANGED into the rocks THREE TIMES MORE OFTEN than did the whiskered auklets whose head feather had been left the hell alone.
So the scientists published this incredible finding--that the whiskered auklets used their head feathers for something more than just looking good. Then I guess they went home and got a good night's sleep for the first time since they'd thought to wonder about all this.
So I picture the same scenario using...us. Humans.
One day some giants from far distant galaxies came down to observe humans. Getting real close to the little creatures, they noted the humans seemed to need to use both their legs to move about.
The giants didn't have anything else more pressing on their minds that day, so they decided to experiment. A harmless little experiment. The little human creatures things wouldn't be hurt or maimed in the process.
They tied up one of the legs. The humans seemed to struggled when grabbed and held still so the one leg could be tied up, but since they weren't being hurt, it was okay...because what's wrong with a little fear anyway?
Then they set the now one legged human being down, and, standing ready with yellow legal pads to take notes, they commenced to observe what happened.
And what they found out was that humans with one leg tied up BANGED down to the ground THREE TIMES MORE OFTEN than those humans who got to use both legs.
I bet your three year old could have told you that blindfolded, but some scientists just don't seem believe in little things like intuition, gut instinct, two plus two equals four.
I can only assume that these scientists were experimented on in another life, and it is pay back time now.
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