A Long, Melancholy Roar

Humans have learned to fear attacks from certain quarters -- lions, crocodiles, and so forth -- but not from others that are both less obvious and more deadly.

Entire article:
http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/a-long-melancholy-roar/?th&emc=th

This caught my attention. Man no longer has that much to fear from large predators, such as tigers and bears. No. They are at greatest risk from man. Now the greatest threat to man is man and very small predators, such as virii and bacteria. If we overcome them, then what?

Is that ironic or just really damn funny?

Chester

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