The topic of bedbugs came up on a show called "Sharktank"
recently and that tickled my brain to wonder when, where,
and how bedbugs evolved before there were beds as we know
them today. What did they eat, how did they evolve, given
that such creatures appear to evolve to fill an ecological
niche. Did they lose a niche I'm unaware of and then find
a new one?
billv <billv@invalid.void.net> wrote:
The topic of bedbugs came up on a show called "Sharktank"
recently and that tickled my brain to wonder when, where,
and how bedbugs evolved before there were beds as we know
them today. What did they eat, how did they evolve, given
that such creatures appear to evolve to fill an ecological
niche. Did they lose a niche I'm unaware of and then find
a new one?
Try talk.origins. They'll have an answer. This group is dead.
billv <billv@invalid.void.net> wrote:
On 5/6/2017 6:46 AM, Ted wrote:
billv <billv@invalid.void.net> wrote:
The topic of bedbugs came up on a show called "Sharktank"
recently and that tickled my brain to wonder when, where,
and how bedbugs evolved before there were beds as we know
them today. What did they eat, how did they evolve, given
that such creatures appear to evolve to fill an ecological
niche. Did they lose a niche I'm unaware of and then find
a new one?
Try talk.origins. They'll have an answer. This group is dead.
Thanks for your input, however, as a very log term participant
in rom as well as (when it existed in its full glory) mtm I can
respectfully assure you that I posted my little query to the
right newsgroup. There are many levels of reply possible, and
if there is to be any, this is the place most likely to produce
the caliber I prefer.
I see. Thanks for explaining.
On 5/6/2017 6:46 AM, Ted wrote:
billv <billv@invalid.void.net> wrote:
The topic of bedbugs came up on a show called "Sharktank"
recently and that tickled my brain to wonder when, where,
and how bedbugs evolved before there were beds as we know
them today. What did they eat, how did they evolve, given
that such creatures appear to evolve to fill an ecological
niche. Did they lose a niche I'm unaware of and then find
a new one?
Try talk.origins. They'll have an answer. This group is dead.
Thanks for your input, however, as a very log term participant
in rom as well as (when it existed in its full glory) mtm I can
respectfully assure you that I posted my little query to the
right newsgroup. There are many levels of reply possible, and
if there is to be any, this is the place most likely to produce
the caliber I prefer.
On 5/6/2017 6:34 PM, Ted wrote:
billv <billv@invalid.void.net> wrote:
On 5/6/2017 6:46 AM, Ted wrote:
billv <billv@invalid.void.net> wrote:
The topic of bedbugs came up on a show called "Sharktank"
recently and that tickled my brain to wonder when, where,
and how bedbugs evolved before there were beds as we know
them today. What did they eat, how did they evolve, given
that such creatures appear to evolve to fill an ecological
niche. Did they lose a niche I'm unaware of and then find
a new one?
Try talk.origins. They'll have an answer. This group is dead.
Thanks for your input, however, as a very log term participant
in rom as well as (when it existed in its full glory) mtm I can
respectfully assure you that I posted my little query to the
right newsgroup. There are many levels of reply possible, and
if there is to be any, this is the place most likely to produce
the caliber I prefer.
I see. Thanks for explaining.
By the usual standards you are correct in considering this group
dead. However there are occasional flurries of 2 or 3 (and gasp,
maybe even 4) posts on topic by some of the folks who have been
around as long as I have. In its heyday this was a very active
newsgroup with more than the usual share of kooks. Better IMO
to have a slow newsgroup with quality from the few who occasionally
deign to participate than some of the stuff that passes as
acceptable conversation in most of usenet. A little bit of
snobbishness serves well enough. We've recently had a crazy
making all sorts of claims here, shades of the past.
He claims to be an author, an investor, and occasionally a god,
and superior to everyone else in every way.
Personally I'm glad to see them come, and I'm glad to see them go.
The recent activities by those seeking an empty newsgroup is
ignorable and I presume they're having a good time so no harm
no foul from my perspective. Newsgroups are here to be used
without "ownership" even though there's a tendency to lay it
on the severely nutty.
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