You bring up an interesting line of thought, there, K. Despite the arguments about the whys and wherefores, it is inevitable that from time to time, the earth will cast off a few species. Mass extinction events are recorded throughout the fossil record. Sometimes they are attributed to catastrophic events like the much-glamorized
K-T Event, and other times they are believed to be the result of changing climate or loss of habitat as in the
O-S Event. It is interesting to note that biologists are quietly in agreement that, though difficult for the human mind to comprehend the galactic span of time, we are in the early stages of what has been named the
Holocene Event. If such thinking could somehow penetrate deeper into our understanding, we wouldn't have threads like "Drill." We, together, are a species clinging to a restless rock that is hurtling through the cold black at an incomprehensible speed. We're one big wave, one escaped tiger, one Heimlich away from... what? Good thing we have Portsmouth ratings to argue about... Ooh, look! Something shiny!
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Check it out; it's true!
