tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434291.post112865419774065873..comments2024-01-24T18:18:13.919+09:00Comments on PureLandMountain.com: Robert Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12299574758004022747noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434291.post-1128868410500581132005-10-09T23:33:00.000+09:002005-10-09T23:33:00.000+09:00Thanks for the tips, Robert.Thanks for the tips, Robert.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434291.post-1128832117958069182005-10-09T13:28:00.000+09:002005-10-09T13:28:00.000+09:00Having an awareness of non-verbal communication wa...Having an awareness of non-verbal communication was something I was taught as a means far more effective than anything verbal I could attempt, and something, for my own safety, I was taught to read in others. It is interesting, this human-to-monkey communication of not staring, of looking, looking away and looking again. It as if to say I mean you no harm, a show of mutual respect. Or flirting, looking, looking away, glancing back, in humans it can be flirting. (I am not suggesting you and the monkey were flirting. Let's just say over the years I found it to be a very effective way of flirting.)And Lesson One, as a girl I was told, in a situation where I might sense a threat to my safety, was never look away, hold the eye contact, because the first one to glance away, break the stare, was less dominant in that moment, and while not breaking eye contact, never show fear. The point of this all being, I am certain you and the monkey had as good, perhaps more honest, conversation than a day full of words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434291.post-1128772010607772632005-10-08T20:46:00.000+09:002005-10-08T20:46:00.000+09:00Nils, bring a stout hiking stick, don't stare into...Nils, bring a stout hiking stick, don't stare into monkeys' eyes, and absolutely don't show fear. Hieizan monkeys are used to humans anyway. Just hike on by. As to the inoshishi, I doubt you'll encounter any; they'll hear and smell you long before you get a glimpse of them; and they're more active at night, not aggressive unless cornered.<BR/><BR/>Tabor, I suspect that gorilas in zoos have become psychotic to some degree (gorilla-Freudianly speaking) from being stared at relentlessly for years without recourse, and aren't really representative of gorillas in the wild.Robert Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12299574758004022747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434291.post-1128769078691704492005-10-08T19:57:00.000+09:002005-10-08T19:57:00.000+09:00Interstingly gorillas (which I have never encounte...Interstingly gorillas (which I have never encountered in the wild) have a straight and steady stare in the zoo. So, unlike monkeys, but since they are much larger and stronger....Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434291.post-1128761702644567392005-10-08T17:55:00.000+09:002005-10-08T17:55:00.000+09:00I was actually getting ready to ask you about what...I was actually getting ready to ask you about what to do when you come across wild monkeys or boar, because I'm going to hike up Hiei-zan in the near future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434291.post-1128761531290885212005-10-08T17:52:00.000+09:002005-10-08T17:52:00.000+09:00The above is from Nils down below you in Sakyo-ku....The above is from Nils down below you in Sakyo-ku.<BR/><BR/>Ooo, the comment form is not letting me fill in the name field. Maybe it's my browser's fault.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com