I've always been a big lover of bugs. I can still remember the first preying mantis I found. I grabbed it to get a better look. Needless to say I quickly let go and ran crying to my mother. I was about five, and the mantis flew off on its beautiful green wings : ]
Your comment about the ability of lowlife scum to prey with success on far better developed human beings is very well put, and should be a lesson to all of us.
I have always thought it sad to see a higher organism preyed upon by a lesser. That a cold-blooded insect could kill and devour a mammal is indeed shocking to me, as a mammal. I also find it un-aesthetic when alligators prey on mammals.
On the other hand, perhaps we are misunderestimating the mantis. As W.B. said, they are beautiful. Who knows what kind of conscious experience they actually have? Perhaps their hive-mind is more active than our individual minds (as in the scenario described by Orson Scott Card in "Ender's Game" and its successors). So who is the lesser and who is the greater?
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I've always been a big lover of bugs. I can still remember the first preying mantis I found. I grabbed it to get a better look. Needless to say I quickly let go and ran crying to my mother. I was about five, and the mantis flew off on its beautiful green wings : ]
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ReplyDeleteYour comment about the ability of lowlife scum to prey with success on far better developed human beings is very well put, and should be a lesson to all of us.
I have always thought it sad to see a higher organism preyed upon by a lesser. That a cold-blooded insect could kill and devour a mammal is indeed shocking to me, as a mammal. I also find it un-aesthetic when alligators prey on mammals.
On the other hand, perhaps we are misunderestimating the mantis. As W.B. said, they are beautiful. Who knows what kind of conscious experience they actually have? Perhaps their hive-mind is more active than our individual minds (as in the scenario described by Orson Scott Card in "Ender's Game" and its successors). So who is the lesser and who is the greater?
Like this guy for instance...
ReplyDeleteMan Convicted of Leaving Child to Be Eaten by Alligators
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289791,00.html
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ReplyDeleteThis is what you can get when you'll not fight for your rights... multitool and wheel wrench packed in the trunk of the car being offensive weapons... :)
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