Wim-Eating Dogs

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On 7/13/01 at 6:22 PM Wim Borsboom wrote:

 

ºDear Jan,

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ºYou wrote:

º> Observing nature, any carnivorous species will

º> eat other species (always "more helpless"),

 

No I didn't write that Wim - but I like the way you are thinking .

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ºThe swallows who were nesting under the soffit of our roof have just

ºleft. Where they ever busy feeding the little ones! They kept the

ºmosquitoes at bay. Now the dragonflies (Dutch "libelles") have arrived,

ºso again the mosquito population is kept in check. We also just spotted

ºtwo garter snakes and a newt, again less stings...

 

Here, the mosquito is a rare appearance - arid area!

Instead, there are African bees - kept because they can

fly large distances. They are quite moody and don't

like synthetic odors - whether deodorant or an insecticide,

that's a sure invitation for a sting

º

ºIt is a bit harder though to demonstrate Vicki's three samurai's joke

ºwith mosquitoes

 

With African bees the demo could be hilarious!

º

º> but they will not be observed to eat

º> their own kind except in rare cases.

 

Well, isn't the surface of the earth a big recycling machine?

The air I'm breathing right now contains molecules that have visited

Hitler's and Ramana's lungs too. And what about the chimneys of

crematoriums? So the issue is about "how many (natural?) processing

stages have to be between a dead human body and edible protein",

before it becomes acceptable..

 

ºAs I have seen the garter snakes do every year, even saw a garter snake

ºswallow its own tail.

 

Many cats and dogs still are man-made cannibals, as manufactured food

can contain the processed remains of cats and dogs...

 

The web is teeming with info on human cannibalism, like:

http://www.discovery.com/news/briefs/20000906/hi_hu_cannibal.html

And found among Neanderthals as well...

 

For the Dutch-speaking gang:

Wat is er geworden van de vliegende Neanderthalers?

Dat werden Hol-landers.

 

Love,

Jan

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ºLove, Wim