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Do you agree with David Attenborough?

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Riverwalk Tue 22-Jan-13 12:24:52

He claims that humans are 'plague on earth'

David Attenborough

Deedaa Thu 24-Jan-13 23:03:31

Are we sure there wasn't a room in Mr Tod's house that had the mounted chicken's heads in it? smile

It is natural for foxes to kill chickens. It is not natural for people to fence them in - that's where the conflict comes in. The fox just thinks it's found a handy flock to pick from.

Bags Fri 25-Jan-13 06:02:38

But it is natural for people to want to secure their food supply. Thus, farming. We didn't fence ours in, by the way. They were free range. It was quite interesting watching them limit their own range. They didn't wander far.

Our geese were even funnier. They gate-crashed a party that we'd gone to down the hill once grin. I think they just wanted us to come home because they just followed us back up the hill and they rarely left our garden usually. It was a hoot at the time though.

How many of you have been to a party that got gate-crashed by geese?

Bags Fri 25-Jan-13 06:04:04

PS Humans are part of nature. What things that are part of nature do is natural by definition. Like earthquakes.

feetlebaum Fri 25-Jan-13 21:27:56

Oh - but we are supposed to believe that earthquakes are caused by immodest women!

"Hojjat ol-eslam Kazem Sediqi, the acting Friday prayer leader in Tehran, said women should stick to strict codes of modesty to protect themselves.

"Many women who do not dress modestly lead young men astray and spread adultery in society which increases earthquakes," he explained."

Tsk tsk...