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RE: The art of kings keeping

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Posted by: Aaron at Wed May 30 20:49:56 2012   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Aaron ]  
   

It's true that finding kings in pairs, trios, etc. and finding lots of kings in a small area doesn't prove they are bonding but it doesn't disprove it either. It does prove they have the opportunity to bond and finding different age groups that include ones that are too small to reproduce proves that reproduction can't be the only reason they would refrain from eating one another.
I still don't know what your definition of bonding is and it's difficult to offer evidence of something that hasn't been defined yet.
You make the claim that in many years noone has seen any evidence of bonding. However I would argue that we have in fact seen many things that would be consistent with bonding. The fact that we frequently find kings of all ages, sizes and sexes together, coupled with the fact that examinations of gut contents seem to show very little cannabalism, is consistent with both your hypothesis of toleration and the hypothesis of bonding. It's not logical at this point to rule out either one.
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