3) Most carnivores have more offsprings than herbivores. This is striking that we see big packs of antilopes, zebras etc, and few predators, when you see antilopes with 1 young, and lions with maybe 4! Do they die more?
Deb Stephens wrote:Are we more similar to predators than prey or vice versa?
Deb Stephens wrote:...why can't we seem to get our act together and control our own population explosion?
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
"The rule of no realm is mine. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, these are my care. And for my part, I shall not wholly fail in my task if anything that passes through this night can still grow fairer or bear fruit and flower again in days to come. For I too am a steward. Did you not know?" Gandolf
"The rule of no realm is mine. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, these are my care. And for my part, I shall not wholly fail in my task if anything that passes through this night can still grow fairer or bear fruit and flower again in days to come. For I too am a steward. Did you not know?" Gandolf
You can see with only one eye open, but you'll probably run into things and stub your toe. The big picture matters.
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