Sunday, January 12, 2014

You are SOOOO on my Rock Dude.

Like all animals, the egret has particular postures to communicate certain non negotiable messages.   The one in the rear of this photo is doing the "Forward"posture... ordering the other egret, in no uncertain terms, to get off his rock.


The egret toward the front of the photo  is in the "Withdrawn Crouch" showing that he agrees with the other's order and will be exiting said rock in a quick and timely manner, to avoid the messy, feather ruffling fight that would otherwise come next. 

Other captions for this photo might include:
Politics in Academia
Modern day Teaching
... other ideas?


1 comment:

  1. Great photo & explanation. Surely there's a metaphor from every walk of life, but academia is highly appropriate.

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