Let's Not Be Too Quick To Blame

If A Cat Does Something, We Call It Instinct; If We Do The Same Thing, For The Same Reason, We Call It Intelligence.

As Darwin Puts It In The Descent Of Man, 'male Snakes, Though Appearing So Sluggish, Are Amorous.' Isn't That Just Like Darwin? It Was One Of His Main Ideas, You Know, That The Males Of Almost All Animals Have Stronger Passions Than The Females. Since Then We've Learned A Thing Or Two. At Any Rate, The Female Snake Is Right There When Spring Arrives In The Woods.

[footnote:] The Dotterel Weighs Only Four Ounces. It Has Long Been A Scientific Riddle How So Much Wrong-headedness Can Manage To Exist In So Small A Space. Still, There's The Least Gnatcatcher.

[footnote:] The Female Of Any Species Is Generally Regarded As A Relatively Anabolic Organism, More Passive Than The Male, Who Is Relatively Katabolic And Active. The Fact Remains That One Frequently Runs Across A Rather Katabolic Female.

Three Million Alligators Were Killed In Florida Between 1880 And 1900. Goody!