On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:36:17 +0100, "pearl" > wrote:

><dh@.> wrote in message ...
>> On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:15:56 +0100, "pearl" > wrote:
>>
>> ><dh@.> wrote in message ...
>> >> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:02:46 +0100, "pearl" > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> ><dh@.> wrote in message ...
>> >> >> On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:13:25 +0100, brother > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ __________
>> >> >> >> From: diderot >
>> >> >> >> Subject: collateral included deaths in organic rice production [faq]
>> >> >> >> NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 09:21:44 EDT
>> >> >> >> Newsgroups: alt.animals.ethics.vegetarian,talk.politics.animal s,rec.food.veg
>> >> >> >> Message-ID: >
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >This is seven year old uncorroborated hearsay
>> >> >>
>> >> >> It's first hand observation from a rice farmer.
>> >> >
>> >> >"There is an "article" circulating on the Internet that describes how
>> >> >thousands of frogs and other animals are killed in the mechanized
>> >> >harvesting of grain crops. This "collateral animal deaths" story is an
>> >> >elaborate hoax. The author, a "Texas organic rice farmer" is a gifted
>> >> >writer, but he should use his talents elsewhere.
>> >> >
>> >> >The author's numbers describe a plague of frogs of biblical
>> >> >proportions. However, it is questionable if he has even been on a rice
>> >> >farm. The major point that our author has missed is that rice fields
>> >> >are harvested dry. The irrigation water is drained, and the ground is
>> >> >left to dry before the harvesters go out in the field (otherwise, they'd
>> >> >sink in the mud). There just aren't that many amphibians in the field.
>> >>
>> >> Those who can't survive the dried environment would already
>> >> be dead,
>> >
>> >Why would any amphibians that might be in the fields stick around
>> >as the fields dry, and not go with or follow the water when drained?
>>
>> I feel confident the main reason is also a reason why humans
>> get caught in floods: Because they don't know what's happening.
>> Also frogs who are on land and tree frogs who are on rice stalks
>> when the water goes out, obviously can't go with it. Even you
>> should have been able to figure that one out. Then there are
>> the creatures who are in deep parts of the water when the
>> draining occurs, so they are trapped in puddles and pools
>> afterward. And there're no doubt some who move along with the
>> water when it begins to recede even though they have no clue
>> what's going on, but get stopped by rocks, sticks, rice stalks,
>> mounds of mud etc so they don't go all the way with it. Those
>> are SOME of the reasons, and undoubtedly there are more.
>
>That is all really absolute nonsense. Frogs are as mobile as the
>next creature. Any there could easily move on as the fields dry.

How would they know what was happening? How would they
know where the water went? How far would they have to travel
in order to get to it? What would keep them from getting killed
by predators IF they hopped along trying to get there? What
would keep them from dehydrating even IF they did know where
to go, tried to get there, and didn't get killed by predators?

>> >> yes, but diderot led me to believe that most of them were
>> >> tree frogs who could survive in the stalks until the harverster came
>> >> along.
>> >
>> >Where did all these frogs come from, after supposedly being
>> >slaughtered year in, year out?
>>
>> diderot was nice enough to exchange some emails with me,
>
>I bet! - you're a ready sucker,

LOL! That coming from someone who believes there are
superior beings living in the center of the Earth is pretty
damn funny.

>and an unabashed propagandist.
>
>> and that was a question I asked him about. He said the water
>> they use to flood the fields comes from rivers and/or creeks
>> which have frogs etc living in them already. So they come from
>> upstream.
>
>Why would they move from their established habitat? Some frogs
>live near rivers or creeks, but they don't actually live -in- the water
>of moving rivers and creeks, nor do they spawn in moving water.
>Why don't you do a little research?

I'll just ask you what you asked me: where do they come from?
IF you think they don't get killed when the fields dry, but still think
they "easily move on as the fields dry", they're still GONE. So again,
where do you think they come from?

You can't answer that one. At "best" all you can do is hurl insults
and sulk away from it.

>And if his claims were true, a
>seasonal wholesale slaughter of frogs would be well-documented.

Who would document it? Why?

>> >> If diderot exagerated, it was to make people aware of the
>> >> deaths caused by rice production.
>> >
>> >diderot told wholesale porkies in order to try to blur the line
>> >between deaths in crop production and in the livestock industry.
>>
>> diderot told people about cds that you "aras" obviously
>> could not care less about, and in fact do NOT want people
>> to be aware of. Disgusting!!!
>
>diderot told people lies about cds. And you swallowed it whole.

Animals are killed in rice production, and you disgustingly want
people to believe otherwise.