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AGRICULTURE & ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

If we men think we had invented agriculture

or animal husbandry we are wrong as their
true discoverers are our distant cousins of the
line of Arthropoda- class Insecta in particular .

Even today some European ants nurture and tend herds

of Aphids and mealy bugs . Their workers-‘gwalas’ ‘milk’
aphids, like ‘cows’!, by stroking them with antennae
to encourage production of honeydew,- ‘their milk’,!
and take out their herds of ‘cattle’-aphids and mealy bugs
for ‘grazing’ good green foliage in lush ‘pastures’!
.
Workers of Australian Honey pot ants
are fed honeydew which they store inside
their abdomens and act as living storage jars
ready to provide for colony in times of stress besides.

The ultimate agriculturists are the leaf cutter ants

of South America which cut up fresh green leaves
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and carry the bits to their colony’s nest for fungus
cultivation ; they ‘weed’ the ‘garden’ of ‘aliens’
and ‘harvest’ chunks of fungus for their feasts . .
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FINDING FOOD

Finding food is different from collecting or capturing it;

And many animals have evolved highly specialized organs
or parts -mouth, hand or feet to be able to do it efficiently .

The Hawk moth has a proboscis or ‘tongue’ twice as long as

its body –the longest of all known moths and butterflies
which it uses like a drinking straw to sip nectar from plants
having tubular flowers while still hovering on its wings .
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HYPNOTISM

Don’t think men only could hypnotise others

and only devi, devtas and rakshasas or Asurs
could change form and assume different ‘roops’
for the animals had mastered the art aeons ago ;
In fact
Moving stealthily an Octopus or Cuttlefish, mesmerizes
its prey with its ever-changing pattern of stripes ,spots ,
and blotches and to add to the confusion of the victim
its body changes shape and colour several times
blending with the background as it approaches the victim.;
May be both Gods and devils had taken a tip from these !.
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BIO IMMORTALITY !

Again
it is not that only famous Chyavan rishi knew how
to become young once again- for the jelly fishes
have been practicing this art from ancient times anyhow
and that too without taking, well, Chavan prash, somehow!

Although many live long avoiding senescense

going on renewing themselves again and again
One by name Turritopsis is indeed ,you see
more famous as Immortal jelly fish of the sea .