“Livestock adopted in Africa were Eurasian species that came in from the north. Africa's long axis, like that of the Americas, is north/south rather than east/west. Those Eurasian domestic mammals spread southward very slowly in Africa, because they had to adapt to different climate zones and different animal diseases.” LongDifferentAnimalDiseaseWestSouthClimateSpeciesSpreadEastZoneAdoptedMammalsAxesLivestockNorth AfricaDifferent Animals Author:Jared Diamond
“I was raised in a strict Southern household in Lexington, South Carolina, and I remember sneaking off to watch Pet Cemetery as a kid. After seeing those animals reincarnate, I screamed and couldnt sleep for weeks, but watched it again and again.” KidsRememberSleepAnimalWatchesSeeingWeekSouthRaisedPetSouthernHouseholdAgain And AgainStrictCarolinaCemeterySouth CarolinaLexington Author:Jessica Stroup
“As long as you have markets, you'll have excesses. People went crazy with tulip bulbs. They went crazy with the South Sea Bubble, they went crazy internet stocks, they went crazy with the uranium stocks back when I was first getting started. I mean, you know, you're not going to change the human animal. And the human animal really doesn't get a lot smarter.” PeopleKnowsFirstsHumansMeanLongAnimalSeaCrazyInternetSouthExcessBubblesSmarterBack WhenBulbsHuman AnimalUraniumGetting Started Author:Howard Warren Buffett
“Elizabeth Rothra's excellent biography of Charles Torrey Simpson restates his philosophies about the intrinsic value of natural ecosystems like the Everglades. No one knew better than he the history of the plants and animals of South Florida or conveyed it with more humor and enthusiasm.” PhilosophyValuesNaturalAnimalPlantSouthEnthusiasmExcellentFloridaBiographiesEcosystemsPlants And AnimalsIntrinsic ValueEvergladesSouth Florida Author:Marjory Stoneman Douglas