Guest guest Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 - today I award you 25 marks - out of a possible 100 I enjoyed remembering Eugène Marais today - a very colorful character! (25 marks) ...but why must we read about Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya (0 marks for this). A Bengali vivisectionist / ant abuser / tadpole abuser / frog abuser etc. ? .......plus the very sick Edward Wilson (0 marks for this) " At the age of 18, intent on becoming an entomologist, he began by collecting flies, but the shortage of insect pins caused by World War II caused him to switch to ants, which could be stored in vials. " - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Wilson ............plus Jean Henri Fabre (0 marks for this) A caterpillar torturer extrordinaire! - " Fabre studied the habit of processionary caterpillars and in one experiment manipulated them to form a loop around a pot. Following their silken trail they moved around in a circle for seven days. " - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Henri_Fabre .. .. .. - insects & all other living creatures do not " need " to be studied / murdered / tortured by twisted humans who enoble themselves with titles such as " entomologists " etc. I will file this story along with your promotion of Peter Scott & WWF! aapn , wrote: > > *This man must surely rank with the likes of entomologists like Edward > Wilson, Eugene Marais or Jean Henri Fabre.* > > ** > > *Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya* > > *One Who Observed Insects* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopal_Chandra_Bhattacharya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Hi John, Thank you for writing. 25 out of 100 is truly dismal performance on AAPN. We left out Maurice Maeterlinck! Your concerns are valid. So these are my responses: Do you know that a substantial section of Eugene Marais's work was plagiarised by Maurice Maeterlinck who maintained an Olympian silence when asked about the source of his writings? Marais subsequently committed suicide due to this stress. I have not read too much of Marais but he did write about baboons in addition to insects. Regarding Gopal Chandra, Wilson and Fabre, indeed they conducted abusive experiments but please do recognise that they pioneered field research on animals in a non invasive manner when such studies were largely unknown. As the saying goes, the past is like a different country, they do things differently there. Gopal Chandra was once badly assaulted when he was photographing ants, he certainly did not deserve it. Same goes for Sir Peter Scott. Had it not been for him, the Nene Goose of Hawaii would possibly have gone extinct. His contribution to conservation was enormous and whilst you could certainly disagree with WWF's policies on many grounds, it is true they have protected a lot of habitat that would otherwise have gone unsecured. As the saying goes, give the devil his due. All these people have been excellent writers and no matter what their thoughts and actions on animals have been, their literary achievements have been exemplary. Surely they deserve some credit for this? I agree insects do not need to be murdered or tortured but what is wrong in studying them non invasively? It is easy to study butterflies and beetles without killing them. Also ants. Earwigs. Grasshoppers and praying mantises. If you have a small garden all these creatures can be studied whilst they are free doing their own thing. What is wrong with doing that? I do appreciate your marking system is quite stringent, kindly let me know when my posts achieve a pass mark(atleast 50 out of 100). Thanks. Regards, On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 6:05 PM, John Edmundson <balathai wrote: > - today I award you 25 marks - out of a possible 100 > > I enjoyed remembering Eugène Marais today - a very colorful character! (25 > marks) > > ..but why must we read about Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya (0 marks for this). > > A Bengali vivisectionist / ant abuser / tadpole abuser / frog abuser etc. ? > > ......plus the very sick Edward Wilson (0 marks for this) > > " At the age of 18, intent on becoming an entomologist, he began by > collecting flies, but the shortage of insect pins caused by World War II > caused him to switch to ants, which could be stored in vials. " - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Wilson > > ...........plus Jean Henri Fabre (0 marks for this) > > A caterpillar torturer extrordinaire! - > > " Fabre studied the habit of processionary caterpillars and in one > experiment manipulated them to form a loop around a pot. Following their > silken trail they moved around in a circle for seven days. " - > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Henri_Fabre > . > . > . > > - insects & all other living creatures do not " need " to be > studied / murdered / tortured by twisted humans who enoble themselves with > titles such as " entomologists " etc. > > I will file this story along with your promotion of Peter Scott & WWF! > > aapn <aapn%40>, > wrote: > > > > *This man must surely rank with the likes of entomologists like Edward > > Wilson, Eugene Marais or Jean Henri Fabre.* > > > > ** > > > > *Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya* > > > > > *One Who Observed Insects* > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopal_Chandra_Bhattacharya > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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