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  they've already seen it

  It was mentioned proudly in the flickr group's discussion area.On The Encyclopedia of Life keeps plugging along posted 1 year ago 5 Responses

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  agreed.

  I totally agree. I've submitted a big chunk of my caribbean and indopacific photo archives through the flickr group but at the moment each image is going to attach to a species page without a lot of data. Whilst having a library of clearly correctly identified images of a lot of species would of itself be vastly useful the project could be so much more.

  I would suggest a comnbination approach. Each species page could have brief scientific details editable and approvable only by the relevant scientist curator and then a wiki type editable section to which all can add further detail. For some species, like many birds, this would obviously be rapidly expandable
  (see for example the birdforum opus).
  On The Encyclopedia of Life keeps plugging along posted 1 year ago 5 Responses

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  Bad science VasuMurti

  VasuMurti - I need to take you up on some of the stated points and quotes in your comment:
  First you lump us with chimps, gorillas and other primates as frugivores based on anatomy. A) Gorillas have proportionally more massive intestinal tracts than us (hence that big pot belly) and B) Chimps are skilled and efficient hunters that work together frequently to kill small primates for food and hence are also omnivores.

  Then you compare human anatomy to that of pure carnivores which is a rather unfair comparative standard. The other widespread mammalian omnivores in the world are the pigs so they would be a fairer comparison and guess what pig anatomy is very similar to humans.

  The murderous ape australopithecine reference  is I believe a reference to the now discredited bloody ape theory which suggested australopithecines were often canabilistic killers (based incorrectly on what turned out to be evidence on a number of fossils of leopard predation).

  I have no problem with the vegetarian lifestyle at all - my fiancee is one and I've cut most of the meat from my diet - just don't misrepresent the science

  My tip for those trying and struggling with an environmentalism-based switch to vegetarianism would be to allow yourself the odd-bit of eco-friendly meat (eg pasture raised cattle or locally reared chicken).On Umbra on shifting to vegetarianism posted 1 year, 1 month ago 19 Responses

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  what latenac said...

  I agree with entirely. On Food Network star Alton Brown adds a pinch of sustainability to the pot posted 1 year, 4 months ago 27 Responses

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  not really John

  its really not an 800lb gorilla unless you're a vegan. We all get the reduce meat thing but embracing a vegan diet would make a candidate in the US as electable as if he were a publicly announced atheist which is to say not at all.On Ragin' Cajun for Gore posted 1 year, 4 months ago 9 Responses