4th September 2005, 10:03 AM
You are speaking of lions Darunia, not all cats. Most cats are solitary animals.
Further, it is questionable as to whether or not the male lion is the leader of the pack or just a selected guardian by the female hunters. The male lion, due to that mane, isn't very suitable for the ambushes needed to hunt, and as such the only role it plays is in guarding the herd from scavengers. Further, if the male lion becomes too weak to carry out this role, often it is kicked out and replaced by the next big thing.
Capt'n, you misunderstand the nature of evolution if you say it "no longer applies". Evolution is just a process wherein those things that live continue to live and those things that die before getting a chance to reproduce will not be able to pass on their genes. Even in today's society, that is true. While the traits that allow most humans in a 1st world country to pass on their genes may be different, mostly social, they still exist. Evolution is not "dead".
Further, it is questionable as to whether or not the male lion is the leader of the pack or just a selected guardian by the female hunters. The male lion, due to that mane, isn't very suitable for the ambushes needed to hunt, and as such the only role it plays is in guarding the herd from scavengers. Further, if the male lion becomes too weak to carry out this role, often it is kicked out and replaced by the next big thing.
Capt'n, you misunderstand the nature of evolution if you say it "no longer applies". Evolution is just a process wherein those things that live continue to live and those things that die before getting a chance to reproduce will not be able to pass on their genes. Even in today's society, that is true. While the traits that allow most humans in a 1st world country to pass on their genes may be different, mostly social, they still exist. Evolution is not "dead".
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)