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The crabs likely have a 'notion' of the tides. In this case perhaps the high tides were increasing past the point where the crabs 'remembered' them ever going.

The crabs likely have a 'notion' of the tides. In this case perhaps the high tides were increasing past the point where the crabs 'remembered' them ever going. Then the approaching storm dropped the air pressure which additionally boosted the high tide and perhaps was also directly sensed by the crab. Just thinking around the idea of emergent behavior through evolution.

cyberferret 9y ago
Definitely a relationship there. The trick is discovering those relationships and interpreting them. Once when I was out at a remote Aboriginal community, one of the locals there was telling me that the women of the community know when it is time to go and harvest the mussels in the bay because a particular flower will be in bloom. Could be pure coincidence or particular weather patterns which stimulate both, but the idea that shellfish proliferation is linked to a land flower's blooming cycle is freaky. Similarly, my mother in law had a particular orchid that only flowered once a month - always at the peak of the full moon. Was it a combination of night luminescence and gravitational pull that told the plant when to flower? It would seem that so called 'primitive' people seem to sense, feel and interpret these things more so than city dwellers of today.
- Jedd 9y ago
  > Was it a combination of night luminescence and gravitational pull that told the plant when to flower? Almost definitely light response - orchids are pollinated by a wide variety of insects, including night active moths. Almost definitely not 'gravitational pull' as the moon's mass does not vary based on the amount of light it reflects towards one particular direction.
- shostack 9y ago
  It is a lot easier to tune into nature when you aren't inundated with WiFi signals, radio waves, lights, city noise, etc. Just go camping for a week without any devices to get a small sense of this.

cyberferret 9y ago

Definitely a relationship there. The trick is discovering those relationships and interpreting them. Once when I was out at a remote Aboriginal community, one of the locals there was telling me that the women of the community know when it is time to go and harvest the mussels in the bay because a particular flower will be in bloom. Could be pure coincidence or particular weather patterns which stimulate both, but the idea that shellfish proliferation is linked to a land flower's blooming cycle is freaky. Similarly, my mother in law had a particular orchid that only flowered once a month - always at the peak of the full moon. Was it a combination of night luminescence and gravitational pull that told the plant when to flower? It would seem that so called 'primitive' people seem to sense, feel and interpret these things more so than city dwellers of today.

Jedd 9y ago
> Was it a combination of night luminescence and gravitational pull that told the plant when to flower? Almost definitely light response - orchids are pollinated by a wide variety of insects, including night active moths. Almost definitely not 'gravitational pull' as the moon's mass does not vary based on the amount of light it reflects towards one particular direction.
shostack 9y ago
It is a lot easier to tune into nature when you aren't inundated with WiFi signals, radio waves, lights, city noise, etc. Just go camping for a week without any devices to get a small sense of this.