Sunday, May 9, 2010

How Do They Know?


Something that amazes me is the innate almost magickal perceptions of animals that some people might call ESP. A great mystery of nature and wonderful. How on earth can people still deny the existence of the hidden powers of the mind? I'll give you an example that I have tested over the years and found to be unerring.
My Puglet has ESP. She can and does read the human mind on a regular basis. Now some people (scientists, dog whisperers, researchers, debunkers, etc.) have said that they are keen on subtle indicators that we, as owners, unknowingly exhibit. In other words, the unbelievers say that our dogs, cats, hamsters, etc., pick up on clues with their eyes, ears and noses that we are unaware of and react to them, making us goofies think they are supernatural.
OK. But explain this. It's thirty-five miles to town here where I currently live. I drive into town and (God forbid) I go to Walmart or Tractor Supply and in the course of shopping, I find something... a snack or a toy that I believe Puglet will enjoy. I then go on with my business, keeping appointments, eating lunch, shopping here and there, whatever.... Several hours later, I arrive home and unload the car. I bring in twelf or fifteen little non-descript plastic bags and set them around the kitchen and dining room.
Puglet sits by calmly watching, offering not the slightest bit of help BTW, until I bring in the exact non-descript white bag that contains her new toy/snack. Then suddenly, she goes beserk and begins running in circles, barking, jumping up on me and trying to rip the bag from my hand. More often than not, I''ve already forgotten about buying anything for her and invariably, I'm baffled by her excitement until I pull out the item in question and then I'm amazed and often frightened!
HOW DOES SHE KNOW?!!!!
So if it's a snack, I might buy that she smelled it, but if its a toy packaged in plastic, made of plastic or cloth and stuck in a bag with a dozen other things...
HOW DOES SHE KNOW?!!!
Another case in point. I have a hamster. She minds her own business (whatever that is) sleeping, eating, skritching around, gnawing, running, climbing, drinking... She never says a word or waves or gestures to me when I pass her cage a hundred times, but I can be all the way across the room and she can be sitting on her perch, eating a piece of broccoli and I can say her name and she'll stop eating and look in my direction. Now, you say "but you said her name!" Sure, sure I did. But keep in mind. Her brain is the size of an English Pea and her eyes are not as big as match heads. (She's a dwarf... Robo hamster). And now comes the scary part. If I stand across the room and just look at her, she will stop whatever she is doing, scurry to the side of the catch and look at me. My questions are:
HOW CAN SHE EVEN SEE ME FROM THAT DISTANCE WITH THOSE LITTLE EYES?
HOW CAN SHE RECOGNIZE HER NAME WHEN I SAY IT?
HOW DOES SHE KNOW I'M LOOKING AT HER WHEN I DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL?
Is this not proof? How much proof is needed?