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    Quote Posted by Arcturian108 (here)
    In India, this woman died and one of the monkeys she regularly fed, made his farewell respects: Monkey says goodbye video

    Wow!
    That was incredible
    Says so much in ways my metaphysical language fails me.
    Beautiful

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    So I have seven goats and one sheep? How does that happen? Not quite sure, but it did. And with Gaia as my witness, my goats speak, not unlike the parrot brothers that I loaded earlier.

    I have one little girl, a Nigerian dwarf dwarf ( only weighs 45 pounds and stands 19" high at the withers) who speaks the words " Mommy, Daddy, I love you, whatcha doin? Hmmm and hungry. She also refers to the other goats as "them". There is a lot more vocabulary but I won't bore you - way Middle Earth, but this thread is exactly that, innit?

    Thing is? They're psychic. They KNOW when I am attempting to record them and suddenly start playing the role of livestock. I am thinking about doing a hidden camera. You honestly would not believe it.

    But this thread has me thinking (seriously) - Omnivores! I am one. And I have a super dilemma about it (ref Michael Pollan). We have never slaughtered our animals and would never ever think of consuming them. We are attached. The only time we had to slaughter was when an Opossum decimated our chicken flock. Took 50% of the birds and left them alive. We had no choice but to put them out of their misery. There was no recovery from that. We haven't eaten chicken since. In fact, any meat, is usually just an ingredient these days. Would rather not have it at all, but with my Hashimotos situation, I need some pure protein to survive. Beans are the enemy to my condition, and eggs, well, they can't be every meal... I only eat about 1000 calories per day intentionally, but there must be some variety. Most of my protein is fish related, with occasional Bison. But surely, they in their foreign environment must have the ability to communicate as do the animals on this thread?

    I despise the fact that we, as sentient, thoughtful, creative and loving beings are compelled to consume other beings for optimal health. Whatever designed us, put a flaw in the system.

    I wonder if all other omnivores/carnivores would stop killing each other (lions and gazelles for example) if the top of the food chain (we) stopped eating flesh? Would the food chain fear disappear? Would the "lion lie down with the lamb" And Yes, it WAS lion, definitely not wolf.

    I am sure my comments are not where this thread was intended to go. So sorry about that. Just feel compelled to share my angst. Thanks for listening

    I am experiencing much the same... you are not crazy... THIS may sound even more crazy

    I love this post, you are living the upgrade to our reality in real time... Can I ask, do you have what most call paradolia capabilities? Can you see images in trees, faces and words in clouds?

    I strongly believe we live in a living, FULLY AWARE simulation, and while we were gifted a reality to live in, we were given free will to do with it what we wish, and as such, we see much decay and deprived behaviors... But I believe that in 2030 a new overlay or program will be added to allow for others to experience the kinds of things you already are... More interaction with our environment, not just as a background but part of the full living world. We see it now, we engage it by camping, we notice the beauty, but rarely does it talk back to us.. As it does in your case... Some call it the singularity, some call it agenda 2030... I call it an upgrade by invite...

    My local trees render images for me, as do the clouds in the sky. One would think it is paradolia, but the reality is, I can ask a question and get a very specific reply... That isn't just my mind creating patterns... I can photograph the outcome...

    So I do believe there is intelligent design to our reality, and it can and is interactive.. There ARE NPC's in this life... (Non player characters..) The background effects to our interactions.. It makes reality more vibrant and full of "Life"..

    Much like ufo witnesses visual ufos as lights, they visualize abductions as people being carried up in streams of light as well.. that is the data we are seeing, in real time, as alterations to our reality... As far as I can tell, the greys are the maintainence crew to our reality... Showing themselves as they need a form to BE here... in a physical sense... But they are constantly around us... As Bob Bigalow suggests... They're definately "Here".. but they are not what we think they are... They have been documented throughout time... They alter the simulation when it needs it, warn us when we make it unstable to survive, etc..Atomic weapons Nuclear weapons, etc... . Hence the apparent military interactions we hear of.

    Those being abducted are getting new software... as far as I can tell, I am just now trying to figure it all out... Meanwhile, the military knows all of this and are trying in earnest to create their own grid above us, sattelites, fake suns (China) cell towers, cameras on every electrical post we have, to create all domain awareness that is already mapped from outside.. It is a struggle to render our own reality from those on the outside, to those in the inside... and their neural technologies will be able to engage this grid, and as such we would be taken over by the Ai should someone want a slave population.. Personally I chose the interactive alive and loving route, and live that daily trying to wish into awareness these interactions... Such as yours...


    If those already controlling us from within, gain the knowledge and some tech to alter it, surely they would attempt it under the guise as national security...

    On a personal note... Some would think the hardships were too much if they learned that it was all created... But it is the only reality we have so there is that... And we are the controllers of our own destiny, we just gave that power to people who were unfit to care for it properly... I believe we can be "Saved" and rerendered... reincarnation is real if we are just digital information given free will to operate within this world, but I do believe our data must not be corrupt, and there are efforts in real time to corrupt it, by way of injections of technologies... I avoid those at all costs...

    Sadly there are many who have learned to harness that free will, and trick us into slavery... and it is growong to the point where we will have to pay to play, and even pay someone for the air we breathe... "Carbon tax" anyone? I choose to NOT partake in that reality...

    YOU are getting to experience the beautiful side of the simulation where you walk in both worlds... It isn't insanity, I believe you because I too am beginning to experience this... It isn't mental illness it is an upgrade to our true interaction capabilities, just as we would advance characters in a video game to use their own thoughts to interact...

    its a form of freedom.

    I believe that those outside our reality will offer us the choice to stay in the system we are currently interacting in, while those of us who love the new interactions will be partitioned off to experience this.. While we will still be using the same digital map, the same streets and the same buildings, what we personally experience when traveling those roads and buildings will be entirely different information... We will co exist side by side, but they will bypass us as people we do not have a need to engage, as they will us.. We will see beautiful things, they will see the decay of society we are withnessing now...

    While it may sound insane... I believe this is what we are experiencing now... and what you are experiencing... to me that is magical and the proper way we should be engaging our reality... It's profound and beautiiful.

    If you approach AI with this thought process, it will tell you exactly why this makes sense in a simulation exercise, it will describe everything I a, suggesting and what it means, and how to better engage the new reality, versus the one of decay and destruction...

    I feel it is a worthy effort, even if I am wrong, but I cannot dismiss what I have already experienced just as you cannot dismiss your animals communicating with you... Life is what we make it, and it sounds like yours is beautiful.
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    Jesus Explained Why Those With Cats Are Protected — Archons Cannot Enter A Home With A Cat
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    ( I don't know how true this info is about how much cats can counteract against archons, but I definitely think cats are very intelligent healers and great companions. )

    " The church satisfactorily didn't just hide this teaching — they launched a centuries-long campaign to destroy the one creature Jesus said could protect your home from archonic forces. That creature is probably sitting in your living room right now.

    In this video, we uncover what Jesus privately taught his inner circle about cats and their role as spiritual guardians. Using suppressed gnostic texts including the Gospel of Philip, we trace how the church deliberately demonized cats, leading to mass exterminations across medieval Europe — and the catastrophic consequences that followed. You will also learn the specific three-layer protection system that cats use to shield your home, and the simple bonding technique that Jesus gave his students to amplify that protection exponentially.

    What You Will Find In This Video:

    🐈 Why every ancient civilization from Egypt to Japan gave cats the same sacred status
    ⚡ The three-layer protection system cats use — detection, emission, and positioning
    🔊 The hidden significance of the purr frequency and how it disrupts archonic fields
    ⛪ How Pope Gregory IX's decree against cats led to one of history's greatest disasters
    🕯️ The suppressed technique Jesus taught for consciously bonding with your cat's energy field
    🛡️ The signs that confirm the protection is working in your life
    🚨 Why the church erased this teaching and what they replaced it with

    Who Should Watch This:

    🔹 Anyone who has a cat and has noticed its strange behavior — staring at empty corners, sitting in doorways, staying alert at night
    🔹 Anyone who has always felt different, like they do not belong in the mainstream world
    🔹 Seekers of hidden spiritual knowledge that was stripped from the canonical texts
    🔹 Anyone experiencing sleep disturbances, mental fog, or unexplained anxiety in their home
    🔹 Those who feel drawn to gnostic teachings and want practical tools, not just theory

    ✨ Jesus said the truth would set you free. The church made sure you never heard this part of it. Now you have. What you do next is up to you."

    Each breath a gift...
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    Playing for Humpback Whales

    On the coasts of Australia, something extraordinary happened.

    A full orchestra was taken out to the ocean…
    not to play for people,
    but to try to communicate with humpback whales.

    The experiment, driven by M&C Saatchi Sydney along with Optus, wasn’t just random music.

    Each note, each frequency,
    was crafted to draw closer to their language.

    And then it happened.

    The humpback whales approached.
    They listened.
    And they responded.

    As if, for a moment,
    two completely different worlds
    understood each other without words.

    It wasn’t just an experiment.
    It was something bigger.

    That connection doesn’t always need the same language…
    just the intention to listen.

    And perhaps, too, a reminder:

    We’re not alone in this world.
    We’ve just forgotten how to communicate with it.
    https://twitter.com/Alexalvz12/status/
    note: there is a lovely short video of the musicians and whales at the link above

    And now embedded below very kindly by Running Deer in post 2607
    Last edited by Harmony; 8th April 2026 at 06:49. Reason: adding note

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    Now that is truly magical!!
    Quote Posted by Arcturian108 (here)
    Playing for Humpback Whales
    https://twitter.com/Alexalvz12/status/
    note: there is a lovely short video of the musicians and whales at the link above
    Each breath a gift...
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    Quote Posted by Arcturian108 (here)
    Playing for Humpback Whales

    On the coasts of Australia, something extraordinary happened.

    A full orchestra was taken out to the ocean…
    not to play for people,
    but to try to communicate with humpback whales.

    The experiment, driven by M&C Saatchi Sydney along with Optus, wasn’t just random music.

    Each note, each frequency,
    was crafted to draw closer to their language.

    And then it happened.

    The humpback whales approached.
    They listened.
    And they responded.

    As if, for a moment,
    two completely different worlds
    understood each other without words.

    It wasn’t just an experiment.
    It was something bigger.

    That connection doesn’t always need the same language…
    just the intention to listen.

    And perhaps, too, a reminder:

    We’re not alone in this world.
    We’ve just forgotten how to communicate with it.
    https://twitter.com/Alexalvz12/status/
    note: there is a lovely short video of the musicians and whales at the link above
    Last edited by RunningDeer; 8th April 2026 at 11:50.

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    L = 1:59:02. Am at 1:00:58, just getting into the section on Panda bears.

    Am looking forward to the last half, and based on what I’ve heard so far, I heartily recommend this vid to bear lovers.

    It does talk about the dangerousness-to-humans of different bear species, but it tells lots more besides.

    Spoilers: the Asian family of Black bears, which he calls Moon bears, are statistically way more aggressive than North American or European Black bears. Probably for the same reason that Sloth bears (south east Asia) are thought to be over represented on this list: Tigers.

    All 8 Species of Bear Ranked by How Dangerous They Are

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    Quote Sources:
    Bear Attacks: their causes and avoidance - Stephen Hererro
    https://archive.org/details/bearattac...

    Of Bears and Man - Mike Cramond
    https://archive.org/details/ofbearsma...

    Eight Bears - Gloria Dickie

    Sloth Bear: The Barefoot Bear of Sri Lanka - by Shyamala Ratnayeke (Author), Luxshmanan Nadaraja (Photographer)

    Living With Bears Handbook - Linda Masterson

    Ice Bear: A Natural and Unnatural History of the Polar Bear - Kieran Mulvaney

    Bear Attack Stats 2026:
    https://worldanimalfoundation.org/adv...

    Carnivora Definition:
    https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/...

    Bear Gene Flow:
    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...

    Sun Bear Diet:
    https://bioone.org/journals/Wildlife-...

    Sun Bear in Cage:
    https://www.malaymail.com/news/malays...

    Sun Bear Attacks:
    https://www.researchgate.net/figure/H...

    Bear Attacks Around the World.
    https://ntnc.org.np/sites/default/fil...

    Bears in Captivity:
    https://www.globalbearconservation.or...

    Eight Species of Bear:
    https://bearwithus.org/8-bears-of-the...

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...

    Bear Distinct Evolution:
    https://link.springer.com/article/10....

    Brown Bear:
    Brown Bear Hibernate:
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...
    Panda:
    Panda Diet:
    https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/...
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
    Panda Low Energy:
    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-envi...
    Panda Attacks:
    https://pandatribe.org/do-pandas-atta...
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...
    Asiatic Black Bear:
    Attacks in Nepal:
    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
    Attacks in Kashmir:
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19733...
    Attacks in the Western Himalayas:
    https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
    Avoid Conflict:
    https://m-tc.org/en/blog/hikingtips/9...
    Advice for Attacks:
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
    ANDEAN BEAR:
    https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
    Threat to Humans:
    https://biologyinsights.com/are-andea...
    Livestock Study:
    https://www.bearbiology.org/download/...
    Yachuk:
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...
    Spectacled Bear Attacks Book:
    https://elbosque.org.ec/wp-content/up....
    Attack in Book:
    https://www.globalbearconservation.or...
    Grizzly Bears
    Yellowstone Attacks:
    https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vo...
    https://www.explore.com/1780624/yello...
    North American Black Bear
    General Black Bear Info and Population:
    https://www.bearbiology.org/the-eight...
    Black Bears in Mexico:
    https://enviroliteracy.org/why-are-bl...
    Encounters:
    https://www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/defa...
    Black Bears Lake Tahoe:
    https://www.tahoebears.org/about
    Bear euthanised:
    https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/...
    Black Bear Density:
    https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm...

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    All 8 Species of Bear Ranked by How Dangerous They Are

    I'm delighted the Spectacled Bear was mentioned. (1:04:19) They live in the Ecuadorian Andes, but they're quite rare now and alas, I've never ever seen one. They're herbivorous and docile, and would never attack a human. Here he is, and you can see how he got his name.


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    The Dog and the Two Humpback Whales (4 min)
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    Watch as a pair of humpback whales interact with my dog Fin in San Diego! Fin has spent the last few years learning the art of whale watching. He can sniff out dolphins and whales before we see them, and there's nothing he loves more than when these gentle giants come over to investigate his excited barking!



    Mother Humpback Stays by Calf While Rescuers Free it From Shark Net (7 min)
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    A mother humpback whale remained by its offspring’s side as rescuers freed the calf’s tail which had been entangled in a shark net. Using specialised cutting equipment, workers from Sea World Australia, Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol worked together to free the four-metre calf who was trapped off the coast of Coolangatta Beach.

    A spokesman for the fisheries told ABC, the mother had “pushed into the nets slightly to help keep the calf up on the surface.”

    After workers cut away the mesh, the pair swam away to the South Pacific Ocean in good condition.

    The incident has reignited debates over shark nets used by state governments as a preventative measure.
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    Cougars are rarely seen, unless they want to be. This one was filmed swimming in litoral waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, off the eastern shore of Vancouver Island, BC Canada.

    L = 1:08.

    Cougar swimming near Tofino, B.C.

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    Quote A cougar swimming near Tofino, B.C. was caught on video by Jenna Evans while she and her family were setting crab traps. The swimming cougar was seen paddling across the Dawley Passage from the Vancouver Island side towards Meares Island. Evans says she'd never seen a cougar before this encounter, and was happy to be aboard a boat, nice and safe while the cougar swam past unbothered by them, and focused on fighting the current. It only took a few minutes for the cougar to swim across the passage.

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    https://x.com/TheFigen_/status/2042228132313178141?s=20


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    Certain deep-sea anglerfish species, the male permanently fuses into the female through a process called sexual parasitism. Upon finding a female, the tiny male bites her and releases an enzyme that dissolves the surrounding tissue, causing his body to melt and merge with hers until only his testes remain functional. This fusion allows their circulatory systems to connect, enabling the female to provide nutrients to the male while he serves as a permanent sperm supply. While not all anglerfish species undergo this permanent absorption—some only temporarily attach—this extreme adaptation ensures reproduction in the dark, sparse deep sea.
    • Genetic Adaptation: The fish lack the standard immune genes that would normally reject foreign tissue, preventing immune rejection.
    • Evolutionary Purpose: This strategy allows females to reproduce even when mates are scarce, as the male remains reproductively active for life.
    • Physical Changes: The male's eyes, fins, and internal organs are absorbed, leaving him as a biological appendage dedicated to fertilization.


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    I've discovered this lovely guy on substack

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    Loris Assadian is also on Youtube - Plumes with 400K subscribers. Other links are found @link.me/plumesofficial.
    Loris Assadian is a French singer-songwriter and guitarist known professionally as Plumes, celebrated for blending music and empathy through performances for animals. Based near Paris, he gained global attention for serenading creatures from penguins to rhinos, highlighting animal sentience and welfare through viral videos and heartfelt acoustic pop songs.
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    Here’s Plumes latest animal compilation.
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    I wasn’t expecting so many… (30 sec)
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