"We are an intelligent species..."

                            one of the more pessimistic articles about climate and species


there is mention of the golden toad in this article
I happened to be in the monte verde cloud forest
in costa rica about the time that this article mentions
I was eating lunch in the golden toad cafe
the waiter said he had some of the toads
in an aquarium at home...and that he was a guide
in the biological reserve
as near as I could tell there was basically no effort
to breed these toads in captivity by experienced
breeders...i mentioned that as a zookeeper I knew of
several people who could undoubtedly breed these
toads in captivity...
wooops...too late...
so now we are all zookeepers
for better or worse

"We are an intelligent species and the use of
our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure.
In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When
it is use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous"
                                              Carl Sagan (Brocas Brain)

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