Re: Carnivore or not Carnivore ? Further points perhaps?

From: schlauer@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de
Date: Thu Sep 07 2000 - 03:09:26 PDT

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Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 10:09:26 +0000
From: schlauer@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de
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Subject: Re: Carnivore or not Carnivore ?  Further points perhaps?

Dear Paul (et al.),

> I certainly recall Jan introducing (to me at least) the idea that plants
> could be proto-carnivorous rather than carnivorous, (...)

The term "proto-carnivorous" is unfavourable because it suggests that
we can *predict* an evolutionary course. This is (as far as we
observe natural phenomena, i.e. not man-made "evolution") not the
case.

Instead, I propose to use the term "sub-carnivorous", which is less
presumptuous.

Otherwise, I agree with your argumentation.

Kind regards
Jan

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