Re: [pct-l] raw food

<< If animals don't die of degenerative diseases, then why do they die? Not 
 all of them get eaten or succumb (t)o illness.... Isn't 'old age' a result 
of  degenerative diseases?  >>

We human-type critters live in an unnatural world.  We are at the top of our 
food chain.  Most of us on this list have been "out there" enough to know 
that very few of our fellow creatures die of old age.  They get to be just a 
bit over the hill, let's say 39-plus? in homoterms (master-class if you're a 
runner), and you lose first your mate and then your life.  Forget about 
"declining years" if you're a natural critter.  

Do you doubt this?  Try scuba diving if you really want to know how it is.  
June 13, 1996, Shark Alley, Moorea (from my diving log.)  "Many black-tip 
sharks to 5-6 feet.  We were placed on rocks around an arena while the 
divemaster brought down (the remains of) a goat", which the sharks truly 
loved.  Divers are out of their element, i.e., not at the top of the food 
chain.  It's an educational experience.  This was, obviously, a staged event 
for us tourists.  However, I have never been diving in the open ocean and not 
experienced some anxiety about what might be just out of my vision, checking 
me out for dinner.  Like Clint said, "Do you feel lucky?"  BTW, if you hike 
in grizzly country you're not at the top of the food chain.   

    


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