"Jeff" <Log0n5150 at hotmail.com> writes: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Dyer-Bennet" <dd-b at dd-b.net> > To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 2:40 PM > Subject: Re: Culture (was Architecture question for Steve based upon theSun, > the Moon & > > >> Steve Brust <skzb at dreamcafe.com> writes: >> >> > On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 11:14, Scott Schultz wrote: >> >> >> The idea that we're somehow "above" Nature (i.e. the ecosystem and >> >> everything in it) is laughable. Heck, the idea that we're something > special >> >> is equally laughable. >> > >> > 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. > Nope, as we eat them too. Only one land animal will actively hunt and eat > man without being sick, starving or otherwise affected. Care to guess what > that creature is? (Hint: it's a mammal) The tick, obviously. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>