Re: The magic of conlang (was: Has anyone made a real conlang?)
| From: | Dan Jones <devobratus@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, April 26, 2003, 15:23 |
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Andrew Nowicki wrote:
> Nature's beauty is skin deep. When you dissect a wild
> animal, you will find several species of parasites
> crawling inside its host. Most of wild species, maybe
> as many as 80% of them, are parasites. Mitochondria
> and other cell organelles are descendants of parasites.
> Parasites stabilize ecosystems and are true masters of
> wild nature. If they had not existed, all forms of life
> would have been primitive single cell organisms. You can
> learn more about parasites from Carl Zimmer's book
> "Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's
> Most Dangerous Creatures". Diversity is much more
> important property of wild nature than its beauty:
This, frankly, is a matter of opinion. Mine is with John, everything in
nature is beautiful, even the parasites.
Dan
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