In a message dated 10/7/2003 7:31:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dhedin@ieee.org 
writes:
>  Which is something I find 
> interesting.  With evolution and all, why are there so many mammals around 
> today with soft, tender, vulnerable necks  (like ourselves 
> for instance).
The argument is that being "smarter" we learned to protect ourselves with 
weapons and clever hiding in caves, and did not need the protection of say a 
turtle.
Of course, the news this morning about two left coasters camping in the middle 
of an area of bear trails said they apparently became a midnight snack....
Robert Houston
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