On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 09:50:06 -0500, Philip Thrift <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>On cave bears:
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>   http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/x/wxk116/cavebears/
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>

Why were they hunted to extinction?

Well, what housing shortage can cause...

Actually, bears are hibernating and therefore have a very thick fat under
the skin, in autumn. That makes them the ideal game- most others seem to be
too lean.

I have once been in a nice cave with a cave bear sceletton.
The caves are really nice. Not so gemuetlich would it be with bears.

Btw, David, you reported that you ate bear some time ago.
I wanted to mention what Hildegard (the saint who wrote very much about
nutrition in times w/o ne world food) writes about bear meat:

It should be avoided because she saind bear meat would increases the
*desires*. Can you report about such?
I mean the first thought is "why not some pretty desires?".

My second thought is not the desires is what satisfies us,
but satisfying the desires - is satisfaction.
Could be more difficult with more desires.
Just a thought.

Cheers Amadeus
(the last hours in the cold zone......)