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RE: one other point.

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Posted by: RyanHomsey at Fri Jul 21 16:39:53 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RyanHomsey ]  
   

The weak die off, the strong survive. In that sense, you're right. It "makes" them (the population as a whole) stronger.



So should we provide stressful sub-optimum conditions to weed out the weaker individuals?



Not really following your point there.



>>I think the "sub optimum conditions" in the wild are what make boas strong and disease resistant. It's the captive animals that are weak. Just look at all of the sick boa posts here. Natural selection has it's fine points.

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