David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > Steve Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> writes: > >> I'm not certain how above, below, or to the side fits into this, >> except that we ARE at the top of the food chain; a position I rather >> like. > > I'd have thought the *top* of the food chain would be the carrion > eaters. Or at least the obligate carnivores. How about the virus?