Subject: [Tweeters] a question
Date: Jun 28 09:28:42 2010
From: Connie Sidles - constancesidles at gmail.com


Hey tweets, as I work to write my new book about the Fill, I thought
of a question I would like to throw out to you (hoping it's not too
far off-topic):
Is nature morally black-and-white, or are there moral shades of gray?
Or are there no morals at all, and if so, is there good and evil?

Example: Two days ago I watched four male Gadwalls gang up on a lone
female and attempt to mate with her. One male would mount her and push
her head underwater, meanwhile trying to fight off the other males.
One male would eventually push off the copulating male and take his
place. This went on and on. The female kept trying to escape (and to
keep breathing), but she couldn't get away from so many males. The
whole gang disappeared behind some bushes on Main Pond, so I don't
know the outcome, but it wouldn't surprise me if the males had drowned
the female.

Realizing that ducks aren't people, and that nature is "red in tooth
and claw," still, what am I to make of this scene? Where is the good
in such an action? Even evolutionary good.

Nature has laws. Were those male ducks breaking the law? I'd be
interested in your thoughts. - Connie, Seattle

constancesidles at gmail.com
www.constancypress.com
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