killing butterflies for fun???

Mark Walker MWalker at gensym.com
Wed Jul 3 17:18:52 EDT 2002


Yes, Stan, I've noticed this airfoil phenomenon, too.  Of course,
accelerating makes it harder to enjoy watching them (and you still whack a
good number anyways).  Another thing to consider is what happens to the bug
after it sails over your windshield.  If you watch the rear view mirror,
you'll notice a good number of these butts wind up flying upside down and
sideways and ultimately end up smacking into oncoming traffic.  Not a good
scenario if you're only protection is a small layer of exoskeleton.

Mark.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Gorodenski [mailto:stanlep at extremezone.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 10:21 AM
> Cc: leps-l at lists.yale.edu
> Subject: Re: killing butterflies for fun???
> 
> I've been pondering for some time whether 'Joseph Sugar' (by 'his'
> standard) could be hauled in for insect(man) slaughter for killing any
> insect with his car because of going over the lawful speed limit.
> 
> An interesting thing (non-scientific) I noticed while driving through
> the Gila National forest two weeks ago. When I drove at low speeds,
> about 20 mph, to see what was flying the Speyeria would hit the
> windshield of my van. At higher speeds this did not happen, presumably
> because the strength of the air flow patterns at the higher speeds
> prevented the butterflies from hitting the windshield.
> Stan
> 
> Paul Cherubini wrote:
> >
> > James Sugar wrote 5-9-02:
> >
> > > Non consumptive wildlife viewing is the most practical and
> > > ETHICAL!! way of  enjoying the outdoors.  I sure hope you don't
> > > teach your children that it is all right to murder innocent
> > > butterflies.  If you do, then how do you teach them where to
> > > draw the line?  Hmmm?
> >
> > This past week I was shocked to observe a 10 year old boy and his
> > sister hunting and killing wildlife for fun in Yosemite National
> > Park while the parents looked on approvingly:
> > http://membersites.nwbombers.com/dalkena/ellery.jpg
> >
> > Likewise along the West Fork of the Carson River in
> > the Sierra Nevada Mountains I saw a young teenager
> > also hunting and killing for fun in full view of adults:
> > http://membersites.nwbombers.com/dalkena/fishboy.jpg
> >
> > Since the parents of these children have taught them
> > it is all right to murder innocent fish how will they ever
> > teach them where to draw the line? Hmmm?
> >
> > Paul Cherubini
> > Placerville, Calif.
> >
> >
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