At 09:26 PM 7/15/97 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-07-15 20:38:56 EDT, you write:
>
><< I know of no other species
> that has such a thing as a serial killer. >>
>
>There is a wolf pack in Yellowstone led by an agressive "hoodlum" who murders
>wolves from neighboring packs when they find them alone.  Similar behavior
>has been observed in gorillas in the wild.  There are many more examples.
>
>There was a popular idea amongst ethologists (animal behaviorists) in the
>1960s that Man was the only species to commit murder, rape, divorce, etc.
> More sophisticated observation techniques have since disproved that quaint
>notion.
>
>Kathryn
>
>

Also, I have recently seen on Nature (PBS) a show about lions in which one
lion goes from one area to another and kills lion cubs.  The lion has a
reputation for it, and the other lions keep it away
Paul Getty
Morehead City, NC
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