Giraffes hum to each other.  After dark.  Biologists  have just recently discovered this.

Seriously.  BUT.  Why do those giraffes hum?  Well… why does anyone hum?  Most of the times it is because we can’t remember the words.  I think this is probably the case with giraffes, but the specialists seem to be leaning toward another proposition.

Scientist had earlier speculated that giraffes are unable to produce any substantial sounds.  The reason for this is because it is physically difficult for them to get enough air flow going in their long necks to produce any kind of sound.

But low and behold.

After reviewing almost 1000 hours of sound recordings in three European zoos,  a scientist with too much time on her hands…. named….. Angela Stöger (University of Vienna, Austria), found out otherwise.   She picked up a weird humming coming from the giraffe enclosures in all three zoos at night.

Now… they aren’t really for sure why.  They can’t see their activities in the pitch of dark.  So they don’t know if they are communicating… or just doing something like snoring.

I told you what I think.

They forget the words.
OR… they are playing on serious game of “Name That Tune.”  Nonetheless…  it remains a mystery.

There is a lot about this world that remains a mystery.

I’ll keep going…. about our Big Little World.

There is a new study out. It estimates that Earth has almost 8.8 million species!   But get this.   We’ve only discovered about 25% of them.

There have been SOME recent discoveries…. and they have been small and weird.  To name a few…. a psychedelic frogfish, a lizard the size of a dime and even a blind hairy mini-lobster at the bottom of the ocean.

A professor (Canada’s Dalhousie University)… named Boris Worm (of ALL things)….  said:  ”We are really fairly ignorant of the complexity and colorfulness of this amazing planet.”

Ya’ THINK Boris?  Or shall I call you Dr. Worm?

No matter.  He is right.  We don’t know Jack.  OR Jack’s Insects.

AND. We didn’t know that giraffes hum.  And a bazillion other things.

Which brings me to this.  If you don’t believe in the magic… if you don’t believe in miracles… or angels…. or unseen spirits… well…  you might not know the words to the song either.

In that case, you might want to spend some time with the giraffes… and hum along.  To see if you can really name that tune.  Any tune.
Don’t become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin.
— Ivan Pavlov

I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.
— Luis Barragan