Re: Glorantha Digest V4 #379

From: TTrotsky_at_aol.com
Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 17:11:09 -0400 (EDT)


<< >And an orca pod consists of a single male and a harem of three to four
 females (plus sub-adults of both sexes), which is hardly matriarchal  either.  

 On which planet? Sorry Trotsky - you have old info.>>

    According to my encyclopaedia of mammal biology. Which I confess is over ten years old. Oh the embarrassment of it....  

 << Come to Glorantha Con V this summer in Victoria BC, and stop by the  Whale Museum in Friday Harbor, WA, or the Vancouver Aquarium in  Vancouver, BC. Both have excellent exhibits on orca biology.>>

    If only I could...  

 << Many of our ideas about animal behavior were formed in the late 1800's  to mid 1900's.>>

    Oh come on, my book isn't _that_ old. And the orca entry written by a PhD at Washington U at that, it's not as if I didn't have some reason to assume it correct...

 <<Modern observations strive for more objectivity, and show a more diverse range of social systems. Kind of like Glorantha, no?>>

     I agree with you there!  

All hail the Reaching Moon!

     Trotsky  


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