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Subject: Re: "The Trek: An Epic of Survival (The Darwin's World Series)" by Jack L Knapp
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On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:16:01 -0800, Bobbie Sellers
<bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:

>On 12/15/24 09:32, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>> On 12/15/2024 9:10 AM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:

<snippo>

>> Humans have evolved to become very good at getting other animals to do=
=20
>> our work for us.=A0 :)
>
>	Yes we have but it is common situation that the species
>involved benefit somehow with the relationship to man-kind/cruel=20
>including the perpetuation of their DNA from a species that
>spares them to be of future use.
>	The ecologically minded might point out that all the
>available species played a part in making ecological space
>for the biped with a larger brain. Thus it is to our own
>advantage in the future to maintain and extend populations
>of other predator and prey species. And to leave them alone
>to enjoy their lives in the territories left for them as
>much as possible.

Nextdoor shows that several species (deer and, of course, bunnies and
rats but also coyotes and bobcats) have instead moved into the cities
and suburbs.=20

This is thought to suppress the bunnies and rats, but it also makes
life outside dangerous for cats and at least small dogs.

And possums and raccoons have been around for decades, if not longer.

And then there are the flying dinosaur descendants, some of them cute,
others less cute.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"