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Several attempts of explorations were recorded also among the representatives of the animal kingdom. The curiosity to pursue the unknown is inherent in all living beings. Here is one of my favorite examples. If only humans had this shameless courage!:
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning#Wilfrid_de_Fonvielle
“M. Colon, Vice-President of the Geological Society of Paris, saw a ball of lightning descend slowly from the sky along the bark of a poplar tree; as soon as it touched the earth it bounced up again, and disappeared without exploding. On 10th of September 1845 a ball of lightning entered the kitchen of a house in the village of Salagnac in the valley of Correze. This ball rolled across without doing any harm to two women and a young man who were here; but on getting into an adjoining stable it exploded and killed a pig which happened to be shut up there, and which, knowing nothing about the wonders of thunder and lightning, dared to smell it in the most rude and unbecoming manner”!