05-03-2020, 03:43 PM
(05-03-2020, 02:58 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(05-03-2020, 01:52 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: Remember: stupidity is not a survival value.
Nitpick. My niece runs the shark museum on Cape Cod. She gave me one of the museum T shirts. It features a great white shark striking a rather aggressive pose with the caption ‘respect the locals’.
It fits. Truth be told, the great white shark is likely to recognize us as undesirable as food. We have precious little body fat (that is blubber) as does a salmon, seal, dolphin, or (surprisingly) deer. Reputedly we do not taste good. An attack by a great white shark is typically a mistake possible in murky waters. I can think of one highly-unselective predator that I would not want contemplating us as meat. I know how to behave in their presence.
Quote:Not a lot of brains, the great whites, but they have survived on teeth for a long time essentially unchanged.
Bites and brains are a good combination. See also killer whales, seals, bears, cats, hyenas, wolves and dogs, otters, pigs, and (surprisingly) gorillas. Horses are about in the same league as we are as biters, and they seem to be fairly smart.
Quote:I do remember a great white stalking, sprinting then attacking with great ferocity... a buoy with a camera designed to look like a seal. Sucker.
Many men have been tricked by female impersonators. So? Maybe injecting disinfectants containing sodium hypochlorite or carbolic acid will qualify for a Darwin Award if one dies.
Quote:But humans have taken a different path. We ought to do better.
In view of Donald Trump -- we don't.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.