Natural Setting- Birds
The other day when I was walking through the woods, there were puddles of water everywhere because it had just rained. As I passed one particular puddle, I noticed there was a robin bathing in it. It kept fluttering its wings and ducking its head under so water splashed everywhere. First of all, I didn’t even know birds wash themselves off, but that’s not what got me thinking. It made me notice the vast difference between animals in general and humans. We’re classified as animals, but personally, I don’t agree. Even though most animals are wild, we have domesticated ones as well, but even those animals bathe themselves in public. They interact day to day in their own flesh and skin, mate in public, and bathe in public. We are the only “animals” that hide ourselves off from everything that was once natural and instinctual. We wear clothing to cover our own flesh and skin and we mate and bathe in private. Even though I abide by these social norms and rules and am glad everyone else does, I just think it is interesting how culture and society have molded us into a new kind of species.
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