[lbo-talk] interspecies mating (was good morning my fellow ecosystems)

Bill Bartlett billbartlett at aapt.net.au
Fri Apr 17 03:29:49 PDT 2009


At 6:46 PM -0600 16/4/09, John Thornton wrote:


>Since kangaroos cannot breed with crocodiles wouldn't you say this
>is a trait humans SHARE with all other animals?

Playing with words. All very clever, but utterly mindless and meaningless.

We also share with all other animals the inability to teleport instantly to another galaxy, and the inability to live on the surface of the sun. But I don't know how these can be considered to be defining characteristics. They are the exact opposite.

Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas



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