05-29-2023, 11:43 PM
Right, so they follow you without you knowing.
From Oxford languages:
"stalk
verb
gerund or present participle: stalking
1.
pursue or approach stealthily.
"a cat stalking a bird" "
So let's put this to rest. Birds following someone on a hike most likely means they are stalking you, especially if they don't stop. It's the true definition of the word. I've already asked if elepaios follow you all the way on a hike and no one has said they do, except Olohana 1790.
Frankly, I suspect as soon as some people see "stalking" in a sentence they lose all sense of reality and forget what the word actually means. Olohana describes birds following you on a hike, the same way predators do in other environments, and that's called stalking their prey. Think hard, is that what I'm accusing elepaios of doing?
Now, what this has to do with permafrost on Mauna Kea and its relationship with rapid climate change is beyond me. More bluntly, sea levels are changing much more rapidly than the Hawaiian islands are sinking. Those ocean levels are also rising all over the planet and that isn't caused by Hawaii sinking, a point I made earlier but was ignored. If you listen to one or two experts here, you'll learn that the islands are sinking while ocean levels are rising so they cancel each other out. Top-notch scientific analysis if you pardon the sarcasm. And then there are those that will pick out one word and get it all wrong.
From Oxford languages:
"stalk
verb
gerund or present participle: stalking
1.
pursue or approach stealthily.
"a cat stalking a bird" "
So let's put this to rest. Birds following someone on a hike most likely means they are stalking you, especially if they don't stop. It's the true definition of the word. I've already asked if elepaios follow you all the way on a hike and no one has said they do, except Olohana 1790.
Frankly, I suspect as soon as some people see "stalking" in a sentence they lose all sense of reality and forget what the word actually means. Olohana describes birds following you on a hike, the same way predators do in other environments, and that's called stalking their prey. Think hard, is that what I'm accusing elepaios of doing?
Now, what this has to do with permafrost on Mauna Kea and its relationship with rapid climate change is beyond me. More bluntly, sea levels are changing much more rapidly than the Hawaiian islands are sinking. Those ocean levels are also rising all over the planet and that isn't caused by Hawaii sinking, a point I made earlier but was ignored. If you listen to one or two experts here, you'll learn that the islands are sinking while ocean levels are rising so they cancel each other out. Top-notch scientific analysis if you pardon the sarcasm. And then there are those that will pick out one word and get it all wrong.