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A systematic study of birds would find that many do indeed starve to death.
by fire_lake 2y ago
A systematic study of birds would find that many do indeed starve to death.
- lm28469 2y agoIs the goal of humanity to replicate infinitely and love as long as possible regardless of anything else ? Because that's what cancers do and it never end well for the host
- dukeyukey 2y agoTo a point, yes. That's the goal of practically any living thing, including cancer.
- lm28469 2y agoWe're supposedly smart monkey who can project in the future and act accordingly.
- lukas099 2y agoI don't think anyone said or implied that
- mrguyorama 2y agoIn what way does cancer "love"?
- jonplackett 2y agoI do enjoy scientific debunkment of religious quotes. After the Notre Dam fire someone on Twitter was claiming a miracle because the golden (statues I think?) had survived. Someone then pointed out that the melting point of gold is several hundred degrees above the temperature of a wood fire.
- Y_Y 2y ago> melting point of gold is several hundred degrees above the temperature of a wood fire A grand miracle indeed
- graemep 2y agoSo do people - at least those lucky enough not to be part of a reasonably affluent industrial society. You do realise that metaphors are never perfect?
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- Modified3019 2y agoAnd quickly too, the small ones live on a metabolic knife edge and can go down in as little as two days. Here in the valley of Oregon, we don’t get snow often or for very long, but one late winter/early spring we suddenly got 1-2 feet snow cover for at least 3 days. I’ll never forget the few dozen birds I saw dead on the side of the roads because they couldn’t get to food.