I just finished listening to a TED talk by Suzanne Simard on "How trees talk to each other." My conclusion from listening to her is that trees form communities and in a number of ways look out for each other, sharing carbon and other nutrients. Apparently, some older trees are like hubs that send out nutrients to different trees that helps sustain those trees. It makes me wonder how many plant and animal species act in similar ways to support each other as they form diverse communities. This would seem to suggest that the homo sapiens sapiens species are meant to do the same thing.  So, instead of being guided by what our dogs would do [what would your dog do?] we might be guided by what our trees do [what would your trees do?]. What do you think?