dreams in white satin ... :-)

[Wolfgang Plattner]

Hi,

they are my favorites in spring, tulips in every phase of their life ...
these days my eye was caught by some white tulips ...

Have a look on Tulpen - tulips by Wolfgang Plattner, on Flickr​

 

[Asher Kelman]

Hi,

they are my favorites in spring, in every phase of their live ...
these days my eye was caught by some white tulips ...

Tulpen - tulips by Wolfgang Plattner, on Flickr​

Wolfgang,

We have such joy looking at these white blooms....I wonder whether their sight makes any other creature so happy? Is there any evidence of animals being happy to see flowers?

Bees might gather honey, but are they pleased or just robotic. Do we know if any animal is pleased to see flowers bloom, besides ourselves?

Asher

 

[Dr Klaus Schmitt]

Beautiful Wolfgang!

 

[Andy brown]

Lovely images Wolfgang.
When I first opened the thread I must admit I thought "hmm, more great stuff from Dr. Klaus"
Please take this as the highest praise.

Asher, it's an interesting question and I'd like to think we are not alone in appreciation of the brilliant aesthetics nature produces.

I've witnessed animals taking joy in their surroundings many times, dolphins bodysurfing, gannets riding the updraught caused by offshore winds on cresting waves and trimming as it starts to break.
I've seen a koala sitting in what for all the world looked like a lotus position on a massive granite headland taking in the beauty of the southern ocean. And if anybody has ever spent time on ships, it's impossible not to marvel at the way albatrosses come to life in storms as they skim a wingtip with laser precision about 2 inches from the surface of the wildest sea.
Can I imagine an elephant wandering through the plains after spring rains and appreciating the flush of verdancy and floral beauty? You bet.

 

[Wolfgang Plattner]

Hi,

thank you all for your kind remarks.
Asher, I think, that pleasure initialised by looking on something in the way we understand it, is no criteria in nature's basic system.
But who knows, what evolution did to animals, bees ... ist it, may be, a question of definition?

 

[Dr Klaus Schmitt]

Andy, Wolfgang, just in case you haven't seen it already, this might be worth having a look at: How animals see the world

It does not cover the emotional side of if of course. But I do agree that we are not alone here having feelings and having a picture of the world around us.