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**weO1bVp1** · 03-06-2007, 05:45 AM

All god's children have to eat. It's not a waste to feed something (or let it eat), but its a waste to kill something because its hungry.

I guess we could argue about the morality of whether you (a person) should put up a fight to protect yourself from getting eaten (by some other creature) versus saving some other creature that also doesn't want to be eaten that can't defend itself, versus killing the predator from depriving it of its sustanence.

I guess mashing the snake was like a mercy killing to keep it from a slow death of starvation.

Actually in this case the toad had a couple of defenses that it might have been able to use. They can infllate and they do have venom glands. From looking at the size of the two critters I don't think getting swallowed was a forgone conclusion. It would have been interesting to watch.

Pretty interesting how this has turned into a philisophical exercise.

I was just thinking should sex mimic orchids be eliminated from the ecosytem because they deprive polinators (or other mimiced plant species) the unobstructed ability to reproduce. There's really no doubt that these pollination schemes could be defined as a form of parasitism.

03-06-2007, 05:45 AM	#13
weO1bVp1 Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 438 Senior Member	All god's children have to eat. It's not a waste to feed something (or let it eat), but its a waste to kill something because its hungry. I guess we could argue about the morality of whether you (a person) should put up a fight to protect yourself from getting eaten (by some other creature) versus saving some other creature that also doesn't want to be eaten that can't defend itself, versus killing the predator from depriving it of its sustanence. I guess mashing the snake was like a mercy killing to keep it from a slow death of starvation. Actually in this case the toad had a couple of defenses that it might have been able to use. They can infllate and they do have venom glands. From looking at the size of the two critters I don't think getting swallowed was a forgone conclusion. It would have been interesting to watch. Pretty interesting how this has turned into a philisophical exercise. I was just thinking should sex mimic orchids be eliminated from the ecosytem because they deprive polinators (or other mimiced plant species) the unobstructed ability to reproduce. There's really no doubt that these pollination schemes could be defined as a form of parasitism.
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