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Forum: The Lounge 12-14-2011, 07:43 AM
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Posted By Guybrush
No, not really :p:

No, not really :p:
Forum: The Lounge 12-14-2011, 01:26 AM
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Posted By Guybrush
Although we can't know for sure, it seems...

Although we can't know for sure, it seems reasonable that other mammals like pigs who we are relatively closely related to are similar to us when it comes to emotions and so on. Feelings motivate us...
Forum: The Lounge 06-17-2011, 02:53 AM
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Posted By Guybrush
It's not because they don't like our taste. It's...

It's not because they don't like our taste. It's because they have a history with humans in which humans mean danger and so there's been a natural selection favouring animals that are scared of...
Forum: The Lounge 06-16-2011, 04:00 PM
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Posted By Guybrush
That was my whole point. You say we're at the top...

That was my whole point. You say we're at the top of the food web. I point out that it's circumstancial. Generally speaking, yes. Bleeding in a pool with piranhas, no.
Forum: The Lounge 06-16-2011, 03:57 PM
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Posted By Guybrush
Well, if you tried to live in a river where there...

Well, if you tried to live in a river where there were large wild salt water crocodiles, I'm sure their interest in you would be consistent ;)
Forum: The Lounge 06-16-2011, 03:53 PM
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Posted By Guybrush
What role humans fill depends. I'd say humans are...

What role humans fill depends. I'd say humans are smart and opportunistic generalists. We're at the top of the food chain when we can, but not always. For example, perhaps you wouldn't on the top of...
Forum: The Lounge 06-16-2011, 10:58 AM
Replies: 669
Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
The Virgin, the point I'm making is that nature...

The Virgin, the point I'm making is that nature is not a hierarchy with humans on top. If you die in the sewer, do you think rats wouldn't take a nibble out of your stinking corpse? If you meet a...
Forum: The Lounge 06-16-2011, 10:24 AM
Replies: 669
Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
I expect The Virgin not to understand the point...

I expect The Virgin not to understand the point that no animal's purpose is to be eaten by a different species of animals (which is why they are poisonous, fight, hide, run away, are sometimes...
Forum: The Lounge 06-14-2011, 11:36 PM
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Posted By Guybrush
Well, yes, but if animals are intended to be et,...

Well, yes, but if animals are intended to be et, then any survival instinct they have that would cause them to run away would interfer with their Godly purpose. If animals were intended by God to be...
Forum: The Lounge 06-14-2011, 03:32 AM
Replies: 669
Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
How is a chicken with it's skin on not organic?

How is a chicken with it's skin on not organic?
Forum: The Lounge 06-13-2011, 12:44 PM
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Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
At the moment, there's no way to make grown meat...

At the moment, there's no way to make grown meat economically viable, but I hope it would be in the future and I thought most vegetarians would appreciate it as well as it would effectively be meat...
Forum: The Lounge 06-12-2011, 03:41 PM
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Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
They're amusing and very easy to catch.

They're amusing and very easy to catch.
Forum: The Lounge 06-12-2011, 03:37 PM
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Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
Good lord .. If it's very well known,...

Good lord ..



If it's very well known, I should know about it, really. And I've never heard of goats who feign death when depressed.



They're not fainting, their muscles stiffen when they...
Forum: The Lounge 06-12-2011, 09:18 AM
Replies: 669
Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
Really? What kind of goats would that be?

Really? What kind of goats would that be?
Forum: The Lounge 06-08-2011, 12:52 PM
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Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
For an act of meat consumption to be cannibalism...

For an act of meat consumption to be cannibalism as per usual definitions, both the eater and the eaten has to be of the same species of animal. Human is one species, lion is a another species and...
Forum: The Lounge 06-07-2011, 08:40 AM
Replies: 669
Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
I asked earlier - what about all the poisonous...

I asked earlier - what about all the poisonous creepy crawlies which are dangerous and hostile to us - did God create them to be our food as well? You wrote that no, they were created by humans....
Forum: The Lounge 06-07-2011, 08:24 AM
Replies: 669
Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
Cattle, sheep and pigs do tend to be less afraid...

Cattle, sheep and pigs do tend to be less afraid than their wilder cousins (although many are still weary of people, there's just not much they can do about it standing in a pen). Most people will...
Forum: The Lounge 06-07-2011, 08:09 AM
Replies: 669
Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
As a biologist, I have to correct here .. What...

As a biologist, I have to correct here .. What you probably mean is that it only happens to arthropods. Spiders and scorpions for example are not insects! :)

But that observation still doesn't...
Forum: The Lounge 06-07-2011, 07:51 AM
Replies: 669
Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
That's why I mentioned sexual cannibalism...

That's why I mentioned sexual cannibalism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_cannibalism), to demonstrate that self-preservation is not always a priority .. clearly there are times when certain...
Forum: The Lounge 06-07-2011, 07:42 AM
Replies: 669
Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
There are cases where animals more or less do...

There are cases where animals more or less do offer themselves up as food for others, for example in cases of sexual cannibalism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_cannibalism), perhaps most...
Forum: The Lounge 06-07-2011, 07:29 AM
Replies: 669
Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
The Virgin, if the intention of an edible animal...

The Virgin, if the intention of an edible animal like a deer for example is to be our food, then why are they generally so eager to escape the hunter? Why don't they just come running to us when...
Forum: The Lounge 05-21-2011, 11:34 AM
Replies: 669
Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
Sounds like a nocebo...

Sounds like a nocebo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo) effect to me ;)
Forum: The Lounge 05-20-2011, 09:38 AM
Replies: 669
Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
I can't think of any technology we've ever...

I can't think of any technology we've ever possessed that lets us create new novel forms of life like new species of poisonous box jellyfishes. Ignoring the how, neither can I understand why we would...
Forum: The Lounge 05-20-2011, 09:25 AM
Replies: 669
Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
Really? How did we manage to do that?

Really? How did we manage to do that?
Forum: The Lounge 05-20-2011, 09:21 AM
Replies: 669
Views: 55,468
Posted By Guybrush
So why did God create all the nasty little...

So why did God create all the nasty little buggers that are poisonous, like the incredibly poisonous dart frogs or the sea wasp jellyfish?
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