Whales, Like Elephants, Are So Social And

As Thy Days, So Shall Thy Strength Be.

I Always Loved Animals. And When I Was Ten, I Decided I Had To Go To Africa And Live With Animals And Write Books About Them.

Especially Females And The Younger Ones Like To Be With Somebody Who Is Wise.

Primates Are Very Territorial. It Is In Their Nature To Protect Their Food Resources As Well As Their Females And Young.

Is It Not Possible That The Chimpanzees Are Responding To Some Feeling Like Awe? A Feeling Generated By The Mystery Of Water; Water That Seems Alive, Always Rushing Past Yet Never Going, Always The Same Yet Ever Different. Was It Perhaps Similar Feelings Of Awe That Gave Rise To The First Animistic Religions, The Worship Of The Elements And The Mysteries Of Nature Over Which There Was No Control? Only When Our Prehistoric Ancestors Developed Language Would It Have Been Possible To Discuss Such Internal Feelings And Create A Shared Religion.