Abstract

Did you know that humans and birds have many things in common?
They wake up in the morning and are mainly active during the day, and walk on two legs, and receive information necessary for communication through eyes and ears, and so on.

On the other hand, there is a major difference in the history of both birds and humans. Humans were born about 7 million years ago. Birds were born about 150 million years ago from among theropod dinosaurs, a species with feathers to maintain body heat, and some of them began to fly. That is why birds are the great ancestors of mankind.

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About 66 million years ago, more than 75% of plant and animal species, including dinosaurs, were extinction.
Birds survived the mass extinction. They have met their partners and left offspring in a variety of courtship methods. They don’t simply show off with their chirps or fancy feathers. They mimic their courtship partners to see if they are compatible, persist even after repeated rejection, and so on. Perhaps there is something in the courtship of birds that human beings can learn from!

In this book, the main character, Hana learns about love and romance from the survival strategies of birds.

If you could talk to birds......

Author’s Information

[Illustrator] Jueki Toro(1988-)
His occupation is Illustrator, artist and cartoonist.
Winner of the Audience Prize at SICF16 and the 19th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art. He produces various works using familiar insects as motifs.

[Writer] Pezuru
Writer. His books are “I wish I could talk to insects” and ”I wish I could talk to turtles”, and so on.

[Editor] Koshi Abe
Editing, writing, and photographing illustrated books and picture books, and he also works as a naturalist, creating environmental education programs, conducting eco-tours, and teaching at various nature observation groups and nature-related vocational schools.