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"Animals in Translation"
I heard an interview (NPR?) with the author Temple Grandin and then
read an article by her in Bark magazine at B&N while I drank my coffee that was fascinating, and so I broke down and bought the book "Animals in Translation - Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior". (I haven't bought my Critical Care textbook for this semester yet, but - hey, priorities...) So far, well worth it. I was afraid that she was going to say that since she was autistic she could see their aura or something, but she's definately not a wacko. McDonald's, Wendy's, etc hire her to audit animal movement systems so that the animals go to the slaughter with less stress. Her system does things like quantifies vocalizations, statistically limits prod use, etc, and then she helps the plants figure out HOW to meet the objectives, things like lighting doorways to eliminate shadows, visually covering machinery with moving parts, reducing glare on puddles, etc., so that the animals do not balk and stress. NOT what I expected. The magazine article's premise was that dogs and humans may well have CO-evolved, and that assimilating aspects of canid society into our own affected our evolution as much, or possibly more, than we did theirs. For example, we learned from them social cooperation including same sex friendships, rare among primates, which led to the greater exchange of ideas. Also cooperative hunting, etc. She avers that domestication usually reduces brain size, and that is what happened to US when we paired with canids, although their's was reduced too. But the reductions were almost opposite - our frontal and corpus callosum remained the same but our mid brain (smell especially) shrank while their's did the reverse. IOW, we plan and manipulate, they guard and find, etc. Complementary specialties. I don't know if she goes into this in the book - I have only just read snippets in the bookstore and only bought it because I couldn't put it down. Like I said, so far, a must read! Susan Fraser, owned and trained by The Golden Girls: HR BeBop a Lu SheBop SH, HR Shamma Lamma Ding Dong CD MH NJP **, and Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya |
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Here's the link to hear the NPR interview with Temple Grandin:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=4278538 Susan F. |
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Susan Fraser wrote:
I heard an interview (NPR?) with the author Temple Grandin and then read an article by her in Bark magazine at B&N while I drank my coffee that was fascinating, and so I broke down and bought the book "Animals in Translation - Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior". (I haven't bought my Critical Care textbook for this semester yet, but - hey, priorities...) So far, well worth it. I was afraid that she was going to say that since she was autistic she could see their aura or something, but she's definately not a wacko. McDonald's, Wendy's, etc hire her to audit animal movement systems so that the animals go to the slaughter with less stress. Her system does things like quantifies vocalizations, statistically limits prod use, etc, and then she helps the plants figure out HOW to meet the objectives, things like lighting doorways to eliminate shadows, visually covering machinery with moving parts, reducing glare on puddles, etc., so that the animals do not balk and stress. NOT what I expected. The magazine article's premise was that dogs and humans may well have CO-evolved, and that assimilating aspects of canid society into our own affected our evolution as much, or possibly more, than we did theirs. For example, we learned from them social cooperation including same sex friendships, rare among primates, which led to the greater exchange of ideas. Also cooperative hunting, etc. She avers that domestication usually reduces brain size, and that is what happened to US when we paired with canids, although their's was reduced too. But the reductions were almost opposite - our frontal and corpus callosum remained the same but our mid brain (smell especially) shrank while their's did the reverse. IOW, we plan and manipulate, they guard and find, etc. Complementary specialties. I don't know if she goes into this in the book - I have only just read snippets in the bookstore and only bought it because I couldn't put it down. Like I said, so far, a must read! There's a lot about her and her designs on the net. Fascinating and brilliant woman. http://www.grandin.com flick 100785 Susan Fraser, owned and trained by The Golden Girls: HR BeBop a Lu SheBop SH, HR Shamma Lamma Ding Dong CD MH NJP **, and Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya |
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Susan Fraser wrote:
I heard an interview (NPR?) with the author Temple Grandin and then read an article by her in Bark magazine at B&N while I drank my coffee that was fascinating, and so I broke down and bought the book "Animals in Translation - Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior". (I haven't bought my Critical Care textbook for this semester yet, but - hey, priorities...) Her earlier book, "Thinking In Pictures : and Other Reports from My Life with Autism" is also well worth a read. She's an amazing person. I haven't read Translation, but it's on my amazon wish list, to be ordered soon. Thanks for the npr link! FurPaw -- Sleep is the best meditation. - Dalai Lama To reply, unleash the dog |
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