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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: "The Trek: An Epic of Survival (The Darwin's World Series)" by Jack L Knapp
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:22:57 -0800
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On 22 Dec 2024 18:28:08 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

>Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>You mean like the baby-eating?
>>
>>Actually, I was thinking of coyotes' eating pet cats and (at least not
>>too big) dogs but I suppose an unattended infant might be at risk as
>>well.
>
>It even got a wikipedia entry:
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo_ate_my_baby

I saw the film.

It's more a warning against being a Seventh-Day Adventist in Australia
than it is about dingos.

But, hey, it only took 8 years for them to be exonerated.

>>BTW, bobcats might work just as well; but they pop up on Nextdoor a
>>lot less often than coyotes do.
>
>A friend of mine has them up in western Virginia.  They hang out with =
her
>housecats and sometimes share food with them.  Kind of creepy actually.

But they /look/ cute when someone manages to get an image.

Still, the possibility that they are dating their dinner is kind of
creepy.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"