Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They are all just big cats. If they develop opposable thumbs we are finished as a race. > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Marty Deveney > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 6:38 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] lions and elephants > > This kind of emotive commentary: > >Lions are among the animal kingdom's most brutal and efficient predators > might sell, but it is inaccurate at best. Brutality is a human > concept; lions just do what they do to eat and stay alive. Most > studies show their hunting success, like that of many large predators, > is surprisingly low. They are 'sufficient' not 'efficient'. I like > lions, but I prefer cheetahs, they're more, er, approachable, to be > simple about it. This: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/75+Summilux/ gives you > some idea how easy cheetahs are to get close to. When it had breath, > this one was hissing at me like an overgrown house cat. > > I saw the Chobe elephant-eating pride in August, but they weren't > hunting elephants at the time. There are certainly very large > populations of elephants and lions in Chobe. Behavioural adaptation > is common in animals, people just appear to enjoy the literal enormity > of these kinds of events. > > Marty > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information