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From: renner@uiucdcs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Predators vs. hunting - (nf)
Message-ID: <4553@uiucdcs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 16-Dec-83 22:26:03 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 16 22:26:03 1983
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uiucdcs!renner    Dec 16 14:43:00 1983

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The hunters seek the prime specimens, whereas the natural predators
kill off the sick and old.  The natural way contributes to the health
of the animals by removing those least able to compete.  Hunting
removes the prime stock, leaving the inferior to breed.  
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I had always thought that hunters took the game they could find, rather than
searching high and low for the "best specimens".  I would think that the
prime stock would be those animals able to evade hunters.  Is there any
experimental evidence to support either of these conjectures?

Scott Renner
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