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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: "The Trek: An Epic of Survival (The Darwin's World Series)" by Jack L Knapp
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:47:40 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <prk0mjli6tskrrsssnpjva8l20hcacg2l2@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>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 
>>> our work for us.� :)
>>
>>	Yes we have but it is common situation that the species
>>involved benefit somehow with the relationship to man-kind/cruel 
>>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. 
>
>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.

One of the odder details I encountered while digging through old 
newpaper files is that in 1900, Kitchener (then Berlin) parks did 
not have squirrels. They were deliberately introduced. Maintaining
a breeding population was challenging, as kids kept killing the 
squirrels. 

In the last 40 years, Kitchener's downtown pigeon population seems
to have plummeted due to local raptors suddenly discovering KW 
is basically one huge buffet. Seagulls also seem to be less 
common.  

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