Omer 2019 Day 48: Orcas

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Omer 2019 Day 48: Yesod in Malchut, Connection in Leadership

Orcas

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In thinking about connection in leadership, one thing that comes to mind is play. There are many examples of play in the animal world, and for good reason: it teaches cooperation, competition, and communication in juveniles, and it helps build important life skills that they'll need in adulthood. Orcas are an interesting example of play because both the juveniles and adults have been known to "play with their food." To some, this may look cruel (I'm sure their prey think so), but this is how adults teach their young the best hunting strategies that their pod uses. Orcas have culture, in that groups occupying different regions of the ocean exhibit different feeding/hunting behaviors and even have different diets! Play, and instructive play, are how these animals pass along much needed information from generation to generation.

This year's animal Omer is a collaboration between myself and my friend Halli, a PhD in animal science. Thank you for counting the Omer with us!