[TN-Bird] Cats and Birds Did Not Evolve as Mutually Exclusive Species
- From: "William T. Thornton" <wtthornton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:47:09 -0600
In this world, one eats or is eaten.
My favorite topic for discussion when I was a college biology professor was to
consider this question: "If the world is an island and we are sheep, could we
be happy if there are no dogs?"
It seems to me that birds and cats have managed nicely over the eons without
our puny attempts to manage either species. And in the same way that cats and
birds did not evolve as mutually exclusive species, I don't believe that having
outside cats and being a birder are mutually exclusive activities.
But as Wallace just said, let's go birding! (And please note that Wallace, one
of the leading birders of Tennessee, admits to being a bird hunter. Nothing
mutually exclusive about loving birds and enjoying "dead shot birds" -- my
grandson's name for fried quail!)
Terry Thornton
Rinnie, TN (North of Crossville on the Cumberland Plateau)
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