Population

Dr. Omni wrote:

> The beautiful thing about *any* ecosystem - including the
> ones that have people among their species - is that they self-regulate their
> populations. If there is a space culture stupid enough (or unlucky enough,
> or whatever) to have a population growth way too big, then they'll run out
> of resources and that will finally limit their growth. Look at some starving
> nations in, say, Africa and you'll see some examples of that self-regulation
> in progress.

If you're into Science Fiction, you should read 'Mote in Gods Eye'
by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Lets just say that self
regulation isn't always very nice.

Also, there was a book based on some frogs that really exist, that
regulate their population by eating their young, that was Larry
Niven also... forget the name offhand.

Real frog eat frog world Huh?

> [snikt]
> Lucio Coelho

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