Having been back to Boston just last night, my first surprise this morning was seeing my chaotic room from my bed. I guess the hectic preparation for this UK trip had sped up the entropy evolution since the second week of June. Nevertheless, I was not discouraged by the mess a bit. What I gained the most from this trip was "motivation". Perhaps meeting more people who appreciate my research made my doing more meaningful. After transfering the dirty clothes from the suitcase to the laundry machine, I started cleaning my room. In the afternoon, I headed straight to the lab to pick up my projects. It's so good to feel motivated.
By the way, today I observed a caterpillar that curves around a rod, trying to crawl onto its own back. As it encountered its dorsal horn, it took a bite. I have seen dogs chasing their own tails but seeing a hornworm trying to eat its own horn was really something more attractive than a gossip. Perhaps this particular caterpillar was somewhat unusual, but it certainly made me doubt caterpillars' self-awareness.
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LOL! So funny, the caterpillar chasing her own tail.
ReplyDeleteWhat a surprise!
to soft-body worms there are something mentality is similar to dogs a Mammals.
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昨晚才回到波士頓，今早第一個驚訝的是，從床上看到混亂的房間；我想自六月第二個星期起，緊張地籌備本次英國行是加快了熵演化，不過一點也沒有混亂的沮喪，此行得益最多的是「激勵」，也許是認識了更多欣賞我這研究的人，使我的工作顯得更有意義。從旅行箱將髒衣物丟轉到洗衣機去洗後便著手清理房間，下午直奔實驗室再度拾起工作來。哈！激勵的感覺，真好！。
順便說一下，今天觀察到一條毛毛蟲圍繞棒棍彎曲著，試圖爬到自己背上，碰到了背角，卻採行叮咬；見過狗追尾巴，但是像毛毛蟲這樣咬自己尾角，實在比八卦還八卦。也許這條蟲是有點異常，但是這樣使我更加懷疑毛毛蟲的自覺能力。