Category: 自然

Dangerous heat

"Hamanasu flowers and fruit" Watercolor

It's hot、How many times have you said this year?。When you say the word "hot"、I feel really hot、I try to say "It's warm"、It's strange because I feel like it feels 2-3 degrees lower when I do that.。everyone、How are you doing?

And yet、News and weather forecasts have been repeatedly calling out ``dangerous heat.''。Just hearing it makes me feel breathless, as if it were 2-3 degrees higher.、It's a kind of "warning"、It can't be helped。Every day, your smartphone will receive notifications such as ``Please refrain from exercising outside'' and ``Do not go out unless it is urgent.''。

According to news etc.、It seems that ``dangerous heat'' is spreading all over the world.。Due to the heat wave "Charon" that occurred in North Africa、In places like Italy, temperatures have already been above 40°C for several days.、in a few more days、Rome is said to be on track to surpass Europe's record high temperature of 48.8 degrees Celsius.。In China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, temperatures have already exceeded 50 degrees Celsius.。To be honest, the temperature is unimaginable.。
　In such a place、As for whether everyone is using a cooler?、maybe not。For those who do not have a cooler (for those who are out of order or cannot use it for economic or other reasons)、I think it's a real "dangerous heat"。Was it about ten years ago?、Similar heatwaves have hit Europe and the Americas.、The memory of many people dying at that time came back to me.。
In southern Ukraine、Infectious diseases such as cholera have occurred due to flooding after the dam was destroyed.、It is reported that it is spreading in even worse environments such as trenches.。I'm thinking, "Maybe if we're at war!"、Only one person in the world can stop it、The doubly frightening reality is that Mr. Putin is the only one who is crazy.。

While swimming in the sea in the hot sun、Things like when I was a child, I would collect the fruits of the hamanasu that grew in clusters along the coastline.、In this abnormal world, it feels like a dream.。in any case、Summer has just begun (I'm sure the rainy season hasn't even ended yet).。Please enjoy this summer safely.。

clouds blowing the wind

77th day of the month、It's Tanabata! A week has passed、I finally remembered
7Month 10th 18.00。After this a gust of wind。As you can see, the wind is blowing

It was a little cloudy today, and the temperature was about 4℃ lower than yesterday (yesterday was 39.1℃ in Hachioji City, Tokyo!).、Even so, if I move a little, I'm drenched in sweat.。On top of being so busy, this heat is also on top of me.、I've been slacking off on walking a lot lately.。I feel like I can get used to the heat by walking hard and sweating a couple of times.、If you get heatstroke, there will be no harm done.、I'm careful。

Because of the heat、I almost forgot to write my blog。Everything can be blamed on the heat.、Sometimes it's convenient、If you forget, there may be real harm.。Recently too、Walking steps、time、I misplaced my wristwatch, which tracks things like calories burned and the depth of sleep.、Even now I can't remember at all。I feel like it must be in the house.、He may have been so dazed that he didn't even notice that it had come off his arm.。

When the sun is strong、It takes a little willpower to look up at the sky.、There are clouds like this too.。It already feels like autumn above。7The 7th of the month was medical checkup day.。The reason I felt so refreshed was probably because I was inside the air conditioner.。It was 35 degrees Celsius on this day.。

Below is a photo taken in the parking lot while shopping.。After a while, the wind suddenly became stronger.、Tornado damage appears to have occurred in some parts of the city.。I thought there was nothing wrong with my house.、The heavy glass plate next to the entrance, which I had been using as a stand for things, was found several meters away.。It's my first time living here。Where did the bucket of water go?、I can't find it at all。Maybe、Our home may have been just one step away from disaster.。I guess my daily behavior was pretty good.、surely。

animals using tools

"Fresh Green House" Watercolor F4/Cotton Paper

There is a magazine called National Geographic (commonly known as National Geographic) (I have already mentioned the magazine several times on this blog).。In its July 2023 issue (latest issue)、Humans as “tool-using animals”、Follow the chimpanzees、3The parrot was added as the second animal.、Although it is a small article, it is reported。

Experiments conducted at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria are introduced.。The intelligence of parrots has been known for a long time.、As an animal that uses tools、Darwin confirmed this in the Galapagos.、Including an example of a bird called a finch using a tool to dig out insects from a tree.、Already known in many varieties。

What are you doing now?、That's what I thought when I read it、Differently use two types of tools depending on the situation、"Use as a set" as needed。This can be done、Until now, it was thought that there were only humans and chimpanzees.。That's fine too。A similar point has already been pointed out with regard to language ability.、Don't just imitate something like the so-called "parrot"、Understand the meaning of language、I can only think that it is responding、Many examples of high intelligence have been reported.。
As an example from a certain book、In an experiment to teach arithmetic to chimpanzees, ``two add two equal'' ?(What is 2 plus 2?)、A parrot in the next room tapped on the wall and answered "Four".、There was this。Surprised, the researchers tried different numbers and found that they were all correct.。repeat over and over again、While teaching chimpanzees functions between numbers (arithmetic)、それをじっと隣室で聴いていたオウムが、その関数を理解してしまったとしか考えられないということですよね。ただのオウム返しとはまったく次元の異なる能力ですよね。If you think so、そのくらいは当然、本当はもっとすごいんじゃないですか？と言いたいような気さえします。

But、では他の動物は頭が悪い、と一概には言えないでしょう。because、地球上に棲むすべての生物は現在までの生存競争の勝者だけですから。「頭の悪い」（この言い方自体、人間視点一辺倒の偏見ですが）動物は生き残れなかったはずです。
　逆に、人間は頭がいいのでしょうか？戦争は人類進化のための選択肢として、「状況に応じて」「使い分け」ているんでしょうか？数学ができる人は苦手な人より頭がいいんでしょうか？馬鹿な人を選挙で選ぶ人はもっとバカなんでしょうか？―済みません、「反省だけならサルでもできる」というかつての「流行語」を思い出してしまいました。たぶん反省さえできないと思いますけど、ニンゲンという動物は。