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Two Percent

by Seraphine Khorana on June 10th, 2010
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Two Percent

I wonder if chimpanzees sit in clutter like I do? Do they fluff their leaves before they go to sleep? Do they make poems when they see the sunrise or fall in love?

“Homo Sapiens” sit in unique and isolated splendor as the sole member of a genus. Although we have around 98% complete compatibility with the chimpanzee, many would nevertheless still argue “that 2% difference makes all of the difference.”
Quotation from Lindsay’s Lobes, A History of Science

Jane Goodall on What Separates Us From the Apes?” “There isn’t a sharp line dividing humans from the animal kingdom.”

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A Pinch for Good Luck

by Seraphine Khorana on March 6th, 2010
Posted In: Comics
A Pinch for Good Luck

Dear Mr. [******]
Thank you for your letter of March 3, 2010. I appreciate your concern regarding my personal life. No, I do not have financial stress, nor issues with job loss, medical problems, divorce or “other life events” that have impacted my ability to repay my auto loan with your company. I appreciate your generous offer to assist with budgeting, restructuring and/or consolidating my finances. That is very kind of you. But at present, I do not have any of those problems. *Knock on wood*
I think you lost my auto payment that was sent to you on February 25, 2010. You see, I have you on an automatic payment schedule through Billpay, so the payments are sent to you automatically each month. To date, that has never been a problem.
I guess you did not consider that maybe you might have lost my check someplace? Did you look behind your desk? Perchance, you credited my payment to somebody else’s account? Is it still in your in-box awaiting processing?
If you cannot find my check, please let me know and I will send you another one. ASAP.
Sincerely, Sera

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Costa Rica, Part Eleven: No Tocar Los Manos

by Seraphine Khorana on January 30th, 2009
Posted In: Comics
Costa Rica, Part Eleven: No Tocar Los Manos

Animals are smarter than people acknowledge. They have fundamentally disparate senses and abilities than humans, so they understand the world differently than we do.

Can Animals Predict Earthquakes? (LiveScience.com)
Animals & Earthquake Prediction (U.S. Geological Survey)

There have also been examples where authorities have forecast successfully a major earthquake, based in part on the observation of the strange antics of animals. For example, in 1975 Chinese officials ordered the evacuation of Haicheng, a city with one million people, just days before a 7.3-magnitude quake. Only a small portion of the population was hurt or killed. If the city had not been evacuated, it is estimated that the number of fatalities and injuries could have exceeded 150,000.
Quotation from National Geographic News

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