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What Nature Has Taught Me About Love
The dead goose on the side of the road was an important lesson
When I think of love, I think of nature. Not only because nature is the source of our existence, but because love in nature is everlasting. The dead goose on the side of the road last summer, changed my views on relationships.
Nature and love
Romantic relationships aren’t just prevalent in the human world; they exist in the animal kingdom. Some of which make us look bad.
Dogs, cats, goats and some rodents have all been found to have the “love hormone” in ways resembling that of humans.
Geese
Geese, among many other creatures, mate for life.
When a goose’s mate dies, that bird will mourn in seclusion — and some geese spend the rest of their lives as widows or widowers, refusing to mate again.
I was driving to work last year when I saw a dead goose on the side of the road. That wasn’t the worst part; the gooses mate was beside the body.
I had just learned that geese mate for life, so I felt horrible. When I drove back home that day, hours later, the goose was still there beside its dead counterpart.
