A dog can detect identical twin humans by smell alone. Much of a dog’s brain is devoted to nasal memory (related to their sensory input – a nose close to the ground).
Animals came from miles around
So tired of walking so close to the ground
They needed a chance, that’s what they said
Life is better walking on two legs
I like this you say on sensory inputs conditioning what we perceive the world is. For a dog the world can be many things, sure, but it is basically a place to be sniffed. Sniffable.
I realized this in a special way last year observing my litle niece (daugther of a friend) growing up. Jesus, for a baby the world is mainly… suckable! And cryable-.
Then, touchable it seems. Then talkable, I guess, but she didn´t arrive to that part yet. Then… climbable? runnable? playable?
How could we say the world is for a grown up human, in a general sense, following this thought about sensory inputs? Thinkable?
The dog looks like he’s standing in a giant nostril. Thus the caption takes a different meaning. A nose explored by a nose… (or self-referential nose spelunking?).
Ceci n’est pas une caverne.
Maybe the dog’s nose is being explored by a flea at the same time.
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