One of the best things the average human can do is…well; LIE!
Of course some lie out of compulsion while some become compulsive liars!
The human brain is so strong that it can even create stories along with the lie and then the truth is never seen!
Now I know you are very clever! Ok! That may be a lie! Since I may not know or you may not be clever!
Then again if you thought that only you can lie then you are not telling the truth! Apparently even animals can lie! Not lie down on the floor but the opposite of truth!
This interesting observation was stated by anthropologist Jared Diamond who mentioned that there is a species of Vervet monkeys who have a grunt vocabulary of at least ten words!
One of them is Leopard! But when two groups are fighting and one group is winning then a monkey of the losing team will climb up a tree and grunt leopard when in fact no leopard will be there! Then the animals will break the fight and climb up the tree!
Crying wolf came from our Ape ancestors!
In fact there are many such examples of lying animals with the great apes leading the list!
Great apes, such as chimpanzees, have been observed lying by hiding food, giving false alarm calls, or pretending to be strong when injured to maintain social status!
Many species, like the fork-tailed Drongo, use mimicry to trick other animals. Some birds feign injury to lead predators away from their nests, while others, such as cowbirds, will sneak their eggs into other birds’ nests!
Apparently even you pet dog can “lie” by pretending they have already done their business outside to avoid going out again!
Then you have the cute squirrel! Apparently some eastern gray squirrels will pretend to bury food in one spot to fool onlookers and then move the food to a different, more secure location later!
Now these are lying for survival! What humans do is lie anyway!
Then again it is a great truth Anuradha Paudwal is an amazing singer!
Shubh ratri…
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