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HUG= S, HANDSHAKES ARE CRUCIAL TO OUR HUMANITY
Thursday, May 19, 2022
In today’s newsletter, w= e explore the healing power of touch, how a dolphin finds its friends<= /em>, a move to protect beagles after hundreds die, a 400-pound stingray = 026; and a 3,000-mile canoe voyage=2E
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PHOTOGRAPH AND VIDEO= BY LYNN JOHNSON

It was the first sensation we felt as infants—the soothing care= ss of others=2E Now researchers are learning more about how crucial hugs an= d handshakes are to our health, and our humanity=2E

So says writer = Cynthia Gorney in the cover story of National Geographic’s June issue=2E She follows a man who= se lower arm was amputated, but he can “feel” with wires plac= ed in his upper arm=2E (Pictured above, researchers explore = a camera-computer combo with a robot=2E)

Gorney describes the = moment his wife wrapped her fingers around the hand of his experimental pro= sthetic=2E “His head snaps up=2E His eyes widen=2E His mouth falls o= pen=2E She’s watching him, but Brandon is staring straight out, plai= nly not seeing anything=2E ‘I could feel,’ he told me=2E ‘I was getting feedback=2E I was touching her=2E I w= as crying=2E I think she was crying=2E’ “

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Pictured above, Brandon Prestwood swabbing his upper arm=2E Implanted wires are connected to a computer st= imulator and carry signals to electrodes implanted in his upper arm=2E Comb= ined with an experimental prosthesis, this can give Prestwood—whose = lower arm was amputated after an accident—touch sensations that feel= as though they’re coming from that missing hand=2E
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PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRIST= IAN ADAIR/DOLPHIN QUEST
Dolphin IQ: How do you spot a friend from a di= stance? Their laugh, smile, or the way they walk? Bottlenose dolphins (one pictured above) can distinguish their pals not only by = their whistles, but by the taste of their urine=2E A scientist had spotted = dolphins swimming through plumes of urine, and thought there might be a rea= son, Nat Geo reports=2E (Pictured above, a calf at Dolph= in Quest Bermuda, where biologists observed their interactions=2E)
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Outrage follows death of hundreds of beagles at this Virg= inia breeding center (pictured above)
13-foot, 400-pound stingray = found in deep hole in Mekong River
= The strength of giant water lilies
Intact Viking burial ship held a surprising secret
A phot= ographer helps black cats and dogs get adopted
Ringling Bros=2E announc= es comeback tour, minus the animals
PHOTO OF THE DAY
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PHOTOGRAPH BY @JOELSARTORE
A stack of scorpions: Human mamas (and papas) = carry their newborns on their back=2E Scorpions are no different=2E Newborn= scorpions, called scorplings, instinctively know that Mom’s back is= a safe space=2E Scorpions protect their babies from predators by giving th= em rides under their venomous tail=2E The young are carried for a week or t= wo, until their exoskeleton hardens, and they can live on their own=2E (Pictured above, a female Edward’s bark scorpion stands c= ompletely covered by her offspring=2E)

Nat Geo = Explorer = Joel Sartore’s Photo Ark project is a multi-year effort to document every living species in zoos a= nd sanctuaries=2E Explore his portraits of 12,000 species=2E

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There is amazing complexity in nature—we need to take the time to l= ook=2E Looking closely at the natural world is a never-ending reward, given= the diverse beings and the dazzling textures, colors and patterns you find= =2E
 
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LAST GLIMPSE
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COURTESY THE POLYNES= IAN VOYAGING SOCIETY
No compass, no problem: Leh= ua Kamalu is leading the movement to revive Polynesian wayfaring= =2E She and the 10-member crew aboard the double-hulled canoe H=C5=8Dk=C5=ABle’a just completed a 3,000-mile voyage from= Hawaii to Tahiti=2E There was no technology onboar= d; the sun, stars, waves, and wind served as compass an= d map=2E “Everything is done mentally,” says Kamalu, captain = and navigator (pictured above)=2E A = Nat Geo Emerging Explorer, Kamalu became the first known woman to capta= in and navigate a long-distance ocean voyage without modern technology when= she sailed 2,800 miles from Hawaii to California in 2018=2E
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