[Rockhounds] La Cumbre erupts again

[Axel Emmermann]

Bryan,

> almost universal theme is the danger to wildlife. Where do these people
> think the critters were living for the last several million years while
the
> Galapagos was built by hot spot volcanic activity?

Oh well, it sounds a bit harsh, perhaps, but it's fundamentally the same
with species as with house guests... if they can't stay, they must go.
It's not like demolishing a rain forest for crop growing. This is natural
selection.

Axel



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> Onderwerp: [Rockhounds] La Cumbre erupts again
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> La Cumbre is erupting again in the Galapagos. I did a Goggle search and
the
> almost universal theme is the danger to wildlife. Where do these people
> think the critters were living for the last several million years while
the
> Galapagos was built by hot spot volcanic activity? Some of these people
seem
> to have absolutely zero sense of history.
> 
> But anyway I did find an interesting blog on volcanic activity:
> 
> <http://scienceblogs.com/eruptions/>
> 
> BK
> 
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> than the day."
> 
>                       Vincent van Gogh
> 
> J Bryan Krämer       North Florida, USA
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