Given
a high enough level of traffic noise, owls lose nearly 90% of their hunting
efficiency, according to researchers from Hokkaido University. In a new study
published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from the university
report their findings on the impact of noise on long- and short-eared owls. Owls
are among those predators, like bats, that rely heavily on their sharp hearing
in order to find food. The team's results highlight just how much that is the
case. According to the researchers, theirs is the first study to back up the
notion in the wild that traffic noise hinders owls' ability to forage. http://www.seeker.com/traffic-noise-hinders-owl-hunting-2019545395.html
Eclipses carry specific messages that can be more acutely
felt in those places where they occur on
the horizon or the meridian. The report by the Hokkaido University researchers entitled
Traffic
noise reduces foraging efficiency in wild owls was first published on
August 18 coinciding with a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse that fell on the horizon
axis at Sapporo, the location of the University.
The eclipse chart
highlights a Mars-Saturn-Neptune T-square on the meridian. Mars is linked to hectic activity while
Neptune in Pisces raises concerns about the detrimental impact of such activity on both
ourselves [1] as well as the
environment. A square between planets presents a challenge of integration. Can
we find a way in which our hectic human activity, which to an extent is
unnatural, does not disturb the ecosystem? Neptune is also linked to the need for sleep
and rest. The following extract from a
previous post [2] explains how Mars-Neptune can interact.
Handled positively, Mars – Neptune gives the ability
for one to use creative visualization to accomplish their goals and dreams,
using the Mars energy to relentlessly follow their dreams. On the down
side Neptune, the planet of sleep can
completely overpower Mars, the planet of action, rendering it ineffective.
Falling asleep while driving would fall in the second category.
So perhaps, the eclipse is telling us that night time sleep
is as important as day time activity. Additionally, our noisy traffic on the
highways is disturbing nocturnal birds like the owl. But the real clincher is
the star Kitalpha, alpha Equueli, in the Colt’s
head conjunct the Moon on the Ascendant. Diana Rosenberg links this area
to “hearing impairment”! And adding to the same theme are the stars conjunct
Mars on the MC. Among issues in this area Diana Rosenberg includes “deafness”. And opposite the Ascendant is the asteroid Phaethon (cars!).
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