Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bobbie Sellers Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: "The Trek: An Epic of Survival (The Darwin's World Series)" by Jack L Knapp Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 07:43:01 -0800 Organization: nil Lines: 57 Message-ID: References: <6We9P.32715$Uup4.9647@fx10.iad> Reply-To: blissInSanFrancisco@mouse-potato.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:43:03 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6083030fba952c510d8c9ee294718f10"; logging-data="3692407"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18bjGPR6QcjQYfpXP5m8LG8" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:O+yJf2z8UBfZFmKoa0n9t+5loVc= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3442 On 12/20/24 06:40, Tony Nance wrote: > On 12/20/24 9:24 AM, Ted Nolan wrote: >> In article <6We9P.32715$Uup4.9647@fx10.iad>, >> Scott Lurndal wrote: >>> Titus G writes: >>>> On 20/12/24 15:55, Scott Dorsey wrote: >>>>> Robert Carnegie  wrote: >>>>>> On 17/12/2024 16:57, Paul S Person wrote: >>>>>>> I haven't seen a bunny for a long time now. But once they were, >>>>>>> if not >>>>>>> common, then not rare sights. Some of them white, others brown. >>>>>> >>>>>> My sister lives in rural Scotland.  She used to >>>>>> see a rabbit, from time to time, being carried >>>>>> cross-country in the jaws of the family cat. >>>>>> I mean, probably several different rabbits. >>>>> >>>>> Rabbits are evil animals that eat my vegetables.  They eat my oregano, >>>>> they even ate my feijoa seedling.  They must die.  Cats like this >>>>> should be supported. >>>>> >>>>>> I think later, the household budget for pet food >>>>>> improved. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you have the money, you can buy rabbit in >>>>>> tin cans, to have later. >>>>> >>>>> Years ago I dated someone with a crossbow who would hunt them in my >>>>> yard (as firearms are not legal to use within the city limits here). >>>>> I got kind of tired of lapin au moutarde but since then I have learned >>>>> how to cook them szechuan style. >>>>> --scott >>>> >>>> Rabbits are a massive problem in the dry Central Otago area of the >>>> South >>>> Island of New Zealand where they decimate crops and grass leaving >>>> barren >>>> soil. An introduced species with no natural predators, with large and >>>> frequent litters, they have successfully defied attempts of >>>> eradication. >>> >>> Time to introduce the coyote to the rabbits? >> >> That's a super-genius idea! >> >>     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl1uFDiDoQc > > Perfect!! > Good luck with Coyotes but why does not the Dingo make inroards into the lapin cuisine? But wonder why the authorities do no introduce another predator to deal with the prey animal introduced? Think about it. bliss