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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean McBride"
Thanks, Sean, and welcome to the list. Your sources are great, very fine
indeed, and wholly appreciated. But before you go congratulating yourself
<g> you're hardly a devil's handyman since the examples are wonderful
illustrations of points I made in my earlier post.
> "Carpet snakes were caught by the neck, and father has several times seen
>a native catch and then feel a carpet snake, and if he were poor (in fat)
let
> him go (Petrie 1904:81)"
Perfect example of the luxury of choice to override a chance to eat.
> If the animal is 'njuka' or fatless, it is usually left unless they are
themselves starving"
"Starving" says it all as the converse of luxury. In a starving state,
people have been known to eat just about anything they can lay their hands
on. The only qualifier I can add is that "starving" is a subjective state
long before it becomes a deadly one, and it's a powerful motivator to eat
whatever's available.
Theola
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