Another one almost gone
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Well its only a matter of time for many species. But honestly I worry more about me and my species surviving than a leopard. I think that whether this leopard dies out or not is not really that important in the grand scheme off things.
I saw that cat last night on the Discovery Channels "Planet Earth".
What the heck - what Russian dish features cat?
What the heck - what Russian dish features cat?
So what is important in the grand scheme of things? Only humans, our crops and whatever animals we use as food?
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I hear only a guy named Al matters. They are building a nature preserve just for him.
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Species come and go. The world warms and cools, all the time. Stars explode, star are created. Man, and everything else, is built from very old star dust plus some kind of 'spark' that produces life. What does it all mean? Does it have to mean anything, or it's just a random jumble of space noise? Is the leopard a key player in all of this?
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keith, my cynical, nihilistic amigo, let me ask what is the importance of whether or not a creature is a key player?
A Sioux proverb: The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.
A Sioux proverb: The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.
Somebody who used to live around hear once may or may not have said something like this:
"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. "
"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. "
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A Yoda quote?
Actually, it was attributed to Chief Sealth, but was really written about 100 years after he died.
Authorship doesn't negate content.
Authorship doesn't negate content.
Lots of things died when the big meteor(s) hit. And you can't blame man for that. Nah nah-nuh na. (Indian for - I'm so flippin sorry that your cat died) Dang drunken Russians. They know not what they shot. (In the tail bone)
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A meteor is a visible phenomenon. A meteoroid is the actual object. If a meteoroid makes it to the ground it is called a meteorite. An asteroid always makes it to the ground, therefore there is no disambiguating term needed. Sorry for the lecture, but I can't help it.
The point is, man wiping out mindlessly a species is not the same as it happening by accident, by bad fortune or by what insurance companies call an act of #@$%!.
The point is, man wiping out mindlessly a species is not the same as it happening by accident, by bad fortune or by what insurance companies call an act of #@$%!.
I heard that we lose 5 species a week. Of course, many are minor life forms.
Looking WAAAY back, there was a much more diverse group of fauna, and flora.
This is an often sad, but unavoidable fact.
Looking WAAAY back, there was a much more diverse group of fauna, and flora.
This is an often sad, but unavoidable fact.
Sorry, yes I left the roid off. Butt why do they call it a meteor crater?
Reminds me of Megadeth's song "Countdown to Extinction"
not a canned hunt but might as well be.
not a canned hunt but might as well be.
Keith proverb: Elephants suck pond dry. No frogs.
Mark proverb: Humans pollute pond, then use water for drinking.
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