Lemmings are said to do a mass suicidal rush to the sea. Why not
porcupines? (This is my very last word on the subject. Promise.)
Ed
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From: "Lawrence DeBivort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ed Weick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ray Evans Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
"futurework" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Harry Pollard"
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Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 9:13 AM
Subject: RE: foolishness
> Well, darn. I was trying to imagine all those porcupine up there on the
> Alaskan steppes. It was a delightful if stratling image: hundreds of
> thousands of porcupine waddling along feverishly, all packed to tgether
> like, well, like packed porcupines ("Ouch!" "Hey, watch out!" "YOU watch
> out! "Ow!"). As I sipped my early morning tea, I wondered at the fact that
> I's never heard of this wonder of nature until now.... <grin!>
>
> Lawry
>
>
> > They're not porcupines[...], they're caribou. They're known as the
> > Porcupine Herd because they are identified with the Porcupine Basin
which
> > they have to cross through to get from their wintering grounds to their
> > summer calving grounds. I'll have to take your word for their decrease,
> > though they are managed by an international board under the Porcupine
> > Caribou Management Agreement. I used to know people on the
> > board, but have
> > lost contact with them during the past ten years.
> >
> > Ed Weick
> >
>
