I once heard someone say in a radio interview "oh yeah, I love animals.. they taste good.."
But yes seriously I suppose the gull's doing what it's got to do. I'd imagine it'd be just heartwrenching for the mother duck though. Call me a pansy, but if I was the one taking the shot, I don't know how long I could stick around before starting to feel some kind of guilty. To put some stuff on the other dish of the scales, I once caught a doco on birds (it wasn't "Travelling Birds" I don't think, but that was excellent) and it showed two parent waterfowl (might have been ducks) picking on, or pecking on if you want to say, the weakest looking chick while it was on the water, til it was too worn from the abuse and too tired to even try to float. The parents left the other 4 or 5 chicks alone. The commentary went on to reason that the parents just couldn't cope with so many chicks, so they had to get rid of the one that looked as if it had the least chance to survive. I thought it was terribly depressing, and I suppose in a sense it's just more proof that nature's much more than "oh that's so pretty".. Regards, Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 2:07 AM Subject: Re: Loving an image you really hate > Bumper sticker: "If we're not supposed to eat animals, why are they made of > meat?" > > Seriously, though, the gulls are just doing what it takes to survive. People do > much more cruel things on a daily basis, some of it to "lower" animals, some of > it to other people. There was a dog at a local shelter recently who had been > tied to a tree in the woods and left to starve after her puppies had been taken > from her. Fortunately, she has now been fostered and adopted out to a proper > family.
