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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: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 18:19:58 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <82b3mj58gn2n0lejeq3t0ca78plp0j7ul6@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>On Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:47:40 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
>Nicoll) wrote:
>
>>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.  
>
>Ebb and flow.
>
>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.

There's a very young rabbit who lives under my neighbor's deck. Never 
ventures farther than a fast dash to the deck. Hope it makes it 
through winter. 


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