Memorizing the I Ching: 34. Ta Chuang / The Power of the Great

[charly]

... Billy the budgerigar buts his head against the bars of his cage and gets his head stuck - silly billy !

Trojan:

Good image for at least 3 reasons:

1) little birds: big strenght or obstination are not only for big animals, remember that small people used to apply force and that strategical strenght for small people is numeric superiority, like parrots.

2) budgerigars are love-birds and love is prone to be silly as far as to apply force.

3) etc.

Here is a couple:

From: http://post.baidu.com/f?kz=205212703#sub​

The huge revenues generated by wild parrots trades is driving many species of parrot to extinction. Many wild-caught parrots die during transportation / smuggling. Some may survive but their lives will not be the same. Most will have problems to adjust to a captive environment and develop behaviour problems. Both the keeper and the wild-caught parrots are losers and victims. Only the traders are winner, albeit very disgraceful. Moreover, due to the food-chain relationships of all species, the extinct of one species could have very serious domino effects.

Therefore, we must try our best to protect and save those endangered wild animals. Stopping the catching, smuggling and selling of wild-caught parrots is therefore our unmistakable goal.

Please Support Conservation, Help Save the Wild Parrots
http://www.parrot.org.hk/n_conservation/index.php

Even more:

鸚鵡對人類的認知
PARROTS & "BODY LANGUAGE"

Since humans and parrots don't start out speaking the same language, we must learn to interpret one another's intentions by observing “body language”. People rely heavily on words, but birds are naturally more adept at interpreting and communicating with postures. It’s not unusual for companion parrots to know more about what the people they live with say with their bodies than the people know about what the birds are saying with theirs.
http://www.parrot.org.hk/n_care/mattie/index.php

I think we can add to the list: ... aka The Lamb, aka The Parrot

And who is the Parrot? the guy who speaks with his body, also the girl who speaks with her body, apt for the two genres.

Yours,


Charly