Re: Weak Vampires?

dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (David DeLaney) wrote in 
news:slrnftv4dv.mv6.dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Though much depends on the time periods involved in both 'breeding' and 
the
> lifespan of the predator. If they really do have the ability to live for
> millenia if not squashed by accidents, and if making a new vamp is
fairly
> rare, _and_ if they have enough tricks amassed to avoid many avoidable
> accidents - then they can breed fairly slowly and still sustain 
themselves,
> leading to a much smaller "breeding population" than one might expect. 

And how did that evolve? Long generations is going to make it harder to 
keeo up with your evolving prey, by the way.

> This also is helped if they don't need to predate very often; one human
a 
month
> going missing in a city is much more likely to be lost in the pre-
industrial
> noise than one a night. Etc.

Uh huh. Of course, until relatively recently, there were no cities. And
how 
do you get by feeding once a month--are we talking some sort of reptile?