Like humans, other animals also copy seemingly pointless behaviours from one another.- Behaviour 162 (2025) 459–476 “Micky! Check this out.” “Check what?” “You blind? That chick with a … skinny bendy thing … grassy thing … ” “A ‘blade’?” “Sticking out her ear. That is so hot.” “That’s hot?” “Out her ear, for chrissake! A ‘blade’! Dangling, wavin’ in the wind. And she knows it, you can tell, how she tosses her head. It dangles and she tosses and the thing waves. It’s like a whole new style. Those other chicks picking through that field? Lookin’ for something dangles? They’re…
Author: David Guaspari
David Guaspari
David Guaspari was trained as a pure mathematician and claims to be, of all post-19th century mathematical logicians, the funniest. In addition to technical papers, he has published short fiction, essays, humor, travel, and reviews, and has had plays performed in states totaling 331 electoral votes as well as five foreign countries. A member of the Dramatists Guild, he lives in Ithaca, New York.