#edwardowilson

Just a few hours ago, one of my heroes of all time passed away. Edward O. Wilson was one of the biggest minds of all times. And a big mind must certainly have something to do with the superorganism he loved and studied for a big bunch of his life: ants. So, why a spider image to commemorate Prof. Wilson? Cause he was among the few to witness the escape behavior of some arboreal tarantulas like this Avicularia hirschii. Suspended with just two legs at the edge of its home-leaf. The depicted behavior in the photo is rarely seen and every time it happened was after being disturbed by foraging predacious ants. In this case there was a big swarming of Labidus sp. ants on the forest floor but they already left the leaf. The spider remains suspended there for awhile until it senses the danger has passed. Predacious ants cannot get their mandibles through the tarsal scopulae nor can they walk very well on the leg pile hairs. Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru Farewell Prof. Wilson, the one who saw the “big thing” in every little being. #edwardowilson #biodiversity #spider #ant #nature @ilcp_photographers https://www.instagram.com/p/CYAROINK7BY/?utm_medium=tumblr

All arts should be participatory because we could be all artists. Here are two quotes by Edward O. Wilson first why participatory art is so important: “You teach me, I forget. You show me, I remember. You involve me, I understand.” And second is why we are not all artists yet: “We have created a Star Wars civilization, with Stone Age emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.” #edwardowilson #ideasrex #quotes #philosophy #nature #instabeauty #seaandmountains #thinkingoutloud #onart #artist (at Risan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVsxusbMZpb/?utm_medium=tumblr

En zo ontdek ik de term biofilie: houden van het leven.

インタビュー・編 #吉成真由美 『 #嘘と孤独とテクノロジー #知の巨人に聞く 』読了。 チョムスキー、ピンカー、デネットらに臆することなく、鋭い問いを投げかけ、「それは良い質問だ」を連発させる吉成さんは、やっぱスゲ〜😱 #edwardowilson #timothysnyder #danielcdennett #stevenpinker #noamchomsky #yosinarimayumi https://www.instagram.com/p/CBkTttDAbtO/?igshid=14ouiyzgq8xel

“Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.” - Edward O. Wilson This is so true! All the palm oil in the world is not worth the extinction of Orangutans, Pygmy Elephants, Proboscis Monkeys, Bornean and Javan Gibbons and all the other life that calls the Borneo Rainforest home. This same argument can be made for rainforests and species elsewhere in the world like the Amazon, The Central African rainforest, Madagascar, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Papua/New Guinea, and other places under threat. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. #DesignedByJeriRae from a stock photo from Pixabay via Typorama. #Quote #EdwardOWilson #Rainforest #Borneo #Orangutans #ExtinctionIsForever #SaveTheRainforest #BoycottPalmOil #RainforestHabitat #DesignedByJeriRae https://www.instagram.com/p/CAxqxlqBBNg/?igshid=1nsrkafbq8o1k

“Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.” - Edward O. Wilson This is so true! All the palm oil in the world is not worth the extinction of Orangutans, Pygmy Elephants, Proboscis Monkeys, Bornean and Javan Gibbons and all the other life that calls the Borneo Rainforest home. This same argument can be made for rainforests and species elsewhere in the world like the Amazon, The Central African rainforest, Madagascar, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Papua/New Guinea, and other places under threat. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. •. Designed by me from a stock photo from Pixabay via Typorama. #Quote #EdwardOWilson #Rainforest #Borneo #Orangutans #ExtinctionIsForever #SaveTheRainforest #BoycottPalmOil #RainforestHabitat #DesignedByJeriRae https://www.instagram.com/p/ByEkzxIgQg9/?igshid=19m7rw5182iex