I think maybe people thought I was asserting that it was generally a better solution… I was not. But fast reproduction is hardly a rare trait in nature. An id

I think maybe people thought I was asserting that it was generally a better solution… I was not. But fast reproduction is hardly a rare trait in nature. An ideal solution would be variable rate metabolism, and we see that in species capable of hibernation. Of course slow metabolisms have advantages in resource constrained environments.