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Re: yuch



At 18:10 07/12/96 -0800, you wrote:
}The analogy of similar plant and animal species in Europe and America does
}not completely hold up here.  There is a universe of difference between two
}continents which share the same biosphere, and two planets (Earth and
}Kronos) separated by light years.  It is true that convergent evolution
}sometimes creates similar forms, but It seems that Star Trek writers rely
}on this far to much.  We hear to much about Alvarian dung beetles, cave
}sloths, and hook spiders.  Species of animals that evolved on different
}worlds, for the most part, should be fundamentally different from each
}other.  

pemay. Daq chu'Daq Ha'DIbaH'e' ghovlaw'DI' nuv, pong ngo' lo'.  *England*Daq
*North America*Daq je puvbogh Ha'DIbaH *robin*mey tIqel. pImchu' 'ach Doqmo'
roDu'chaj vaj wa' pong lughaj cha' mut.  qoj naDev *fir*na' 'oHbe' *Douglas
fir*'e'.  rurchuqlaw'DI' mcha' mut pong rap lo' nuv law'.  qatlh loghDaq pIm
ghu' 'e' bopIH?

SKI: People call unrelated species by the same name when they seem similar.  
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