The Risks and Rewards of Relationships
I have never yet happened upon a trace of evidence that seemed to show that any one animal was ever made for another as much as it was made for itself.
- John Muir
Questions about the definitions of parasite vs. predator have been on my mind a lot. Predation is usually the end of an organism's life, and if it hasn't reproduced yet that is also the end of its gene line (unless it happens to be a clone of course). (...)
