tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post129052811165458909..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Crocodiles RevisitedOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-70622886449557325662017-07-08T08:16:29.898-04:002017-07-08T08:16:29.898-04:00Well, Jeff, the mosquitoes certainly won't be ...Well, Jeff, the mosquitoes certainly won't be missed!Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-76223348365677023462017-07-08T06:28:00.911-04:002017-07-08T06:28:00.911-04:00A truly disarming article, Michael, which removes ...A truly disarming article, Michael, which removes any sense of guilt I might have at running out to buy a pair of crocodile boots...with mosquito inlays.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-47574677278861371792017-07-06T20:57:42.464-04:002017-07-06T20:57:42.464-04:00AmA: While I don't enjoy seeing any animal suf...AmA: While I don't enjoy seeing any animal suffer, I can occasionally "step back" and see things from a "larger perspective." A few years ago I was watching a 'nature' program (Earth? Not sure, but one of those 6-part hi-def productions), and in this one segment, they were describing a large bay somewhere where walruses (some type of sea lion) would gather on the beaches to sun themselves (and breed, no doubt). But the opening from the bay into the ocean was very narrow, and the orca pods would gather there, and the walruses had to "run the gauntlet" to get out to sea to feed and travel elsewhere. It was a very dangerous passage (much like the zebra, etc, and the crocodiles). But as I was watching it, I had this moment of ...great clarity (for lack of a better description... it was like I floated away to a much greater distance) and I realized that it was a great dance, over eons, between the orca and the sea lions/walruses, each pushing the other's evolution onward. Yes, at great cost to individual creatures, but for a moment, I was seeing it from the species level, and from tens of thousands of years perspective.<br /><br />I still have a hard time watching predators bringing down prey, though. :-)Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-18714041540629923782017-07-06T16:30:23.003-04:002017-07-06T16:30:23.003-04:00Michael, the crocs have their niche in nature I gu...Michael, the crocs have their niche in nature I guess. I have never seen them do anything but lie in the shallow water, perfectly still. But ever since I saw that poor zebra die after having been bitten while crossing the river in the great migration, I can't think of them as anything but merciless. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-91512855970749562802017-07-06T11:57:49.863-04:002017-07-06T11:57:49.863-04:00I do like crocs and alligators, in the same way I ...I do like crocs and alligators, in the same way I like sharks. As we disappear up our own backsides with pension funds and obesity, they will just doing what they are doing - and not changing that for anybody. More power to them I say. But not near my dog.Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-26887561185872032512017-07-06T11:52:01.786-04:002017-07-06T11:52:01.786-04:00Thanks, EvKa. Of course humans leave the others fo...Thanks, EvKa. Of course humans leave the others for dead, to coin a phrase.<br />I'll certainly watch the video with great interest, but I think this comes under the heading of things not to try yourself at home!Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-67172752605364372262017-07-06T11:19:35.303-04:002017-07-06T11:19:35.303-04:00Where do humans fall on the range of "animals...Where do humans fall on the range of "animals that cause the most human deaths in Africa"???<br /><br />As for not swimming with crocodiles, I saw a video a year or two (60 Minutes, maybe?) about researches who actually go scuba diving with crocodiles, filming them resting on the bottom of the river under logs and rocky overhangs and such. Yeesh.<br /><br />Aha. On YouTube:<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlWiJBJvC-A<br />A fun watch if you haven't seen it.<br />Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.com