On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Ray Audette wrote: > > You can't kill large animals by throwing things at them unless > > your throwing is enhanced by the kinds of implements that didn't > > appear until the Cro-Magnon period, 40,000 years ago and later. > > Obviously you never felt the need to wear a batting helmet while playing > baseball ( which explains a lot - I couldn't resist;)). A baseball can > easily kill a full grown man. A rock of similar weight would fly even > faster being much smaller and thus be even deadlier. Point taken; I withdraw the objection. I doubt that it could be done *easily*, but what occurred to me later was the Biblical practice of stoning, whereby a *group* of throwers can dispatch its prey. I believe we are still seeing something of the sort in Jerusalem. Todd Moody [log in to unmask]