Re: "The Trek: An Epic of Survival (The Darwin's World Series)" by Jack L Knapp

On 22 Dec 2024 18:28:08 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

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You mean like the baby-eating?

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Actually, I was thinking of coyotes' eating pet cats and (at least not
too big) dogs but I suppose an unattended infant might be at risk as
well.

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It even got a wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo_ate_my_baby

I saw the film.

It's more a warning against being a Seventh-Day Adventist in Australia
than it is about dingos.

But, hey, it only took 8 years for them to be exonerated.

BTW, bobcats might work just as well; but they pop up on Nextdoor a
lot less often than coyotes do.

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A friend of mine has them up in western Virginia.  They hang out with her
housecats and sometimes share food with them.  Kind of creepy actually.

But they /look/ cute when someone manages to get an image.

Still, the possibility that they are dating their dinner is kind of
creepy.
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