Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Thanks Japan, so much for not whaling the Antarctic
I thought we had moved past the hunter-gatherer stage of civilization. Is this a mother and calf? It turns out that whale meat is not popular in Japan, but a throwback to food people ate after WWII.
http://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/it-was-too-good-last-japan-step-efforts-resume-whale-hunting-antarctica.html
Monday, June 9, 2014
Scientists miss the boat on how evolution works
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/08/pyrenees-brown-bear-pyros-sexual-castration-segregation
""If he keeps up this sexual vigour and dominant attitude for a few more years, the other males in the mountains have no chance of mating with any of the females," José Enrique Arró, the councillor who oversees environmental issues in the Val d'Aran, told La Vanguardia.
Clearly, Mr Arro doesn't understand how natural selection works. This behavior that he's complaining about is exactly the proper behavior - the biggest, toughest, most energetic, best hunter wins, and by extension so do his children.
This is how the world works; in some societies where everyone has to have a "fair chance" it's clearly incomprehensible.
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