Abstract

Bats are lower mammals belonging to the order of Chiroptera which is sub-divided into two classes/categories - Megachiroptera and  Microchiroptera. While the former genus is made up of a single family consisting of the flying-foxes and the fruit-and-flower-eating type, the latter is made up of the rest in the bat-specie. The study, however, is focusing on the Megachiroptera genus. By adopting native intelligence, the study seeks to explore a sociological solution to the recurring problem of bats causing tremendous damages to Christmas trees, especially spruce trees. From analysing the available data/information to establish any correlation between bats and spruce trees' 'interaction', the study combines both scientific and conventional techniques towards effectively curbing the negative impact of bats on spruce trees as well as tremendously reducing noise-pollution brought about by the bats fluttering their wings in unison. Through the innovative method thus developed, for the study, it is quite possible to significantly reduce the extent of damage to spruce trees by bats and, thereby, substantially reduce the losses often suffered by the Christmas-trees' farmers, especially in the future. Hence, by highlighting the relevance of native intelligence to resolving social problems, especially in the context of the environment and/or noise-pollution, the study essentially show that native intelligence has immense functions to perform for social harmony in the 21st Century against the myopic advocacy of modernity's sole dependence on wholly scientific breakthroughs.

Keywords

  • Jungian Psychology
  • Archetypes
  • Synchronicity
  • Unconscious Mind
  • Modern Psychology

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