Re: Weak Vampires?

In article <Xns9A6580173F224genewardsmithsbcglob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Gene Ward Smith  <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Par <usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>gatherer.org:
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>> It is a lousy idea because som far we have been able to beat the crap
>> out of just about every predator we have encountered. But if we posit
>> that a vampire is really, really good at it the name of the game
>> changes.
>> 
>
>He never gets a chance to be good at it because he doesn't evolve
obligate 
>predation on humans.

	There's always the Wolfen solution: they aren't obligate predators
on humans or at least weren't until habitat encroachment forced them to 
hunt new prey. That ssort of thing usually ends badly for the predator.  

	Come to think of it, one of the interesting things going on in
India as the nation urbanizes is that monkeys are moving into the cities 
as well. Right now urban monkey populations are soaring but if the Indians
manage to deal with that [1], predators might consider switching from
monkeys to the next best thing available in huge numbers. 


1: I would like to say at this point that the plan where annoying monkey
tribes are driven out by the deliberate introduction of larger, more
aggressive monkeys is a bad, bad idea.  
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