A deep thought regarding life out there

[Aussie Gamer]

More on that thought of what's alive and what's not.
Does a insect think that a tree is alive, I mean that it does not really change much over the life of an insect.
So we humans live 100 years and who's to say that the earth is alive and very slow compared to us. Say it takes 10 million years for it to get around to scratch that itch!

[Nitram Draw]

I've always wondered what a dog saw. What is it, 7 dog years to 1 human year. Is everything on fastforward for them

[CaptSpoogy]

The dog year thing is just an approximation because a dog's life is realitively short compared to ours, so when we say a dog is old (like around 12), we just compare him to a old person (like 84) - so we kind of understand that the dog is really old (because normally 12 years is nothing to us).

[Suicide Junkie]

Basically the 7:1 ratio just converts the labels "old", "teenage", "baby" etc.

So I'd expect most working dogs to retire before age 10 ( 7x10 = 70 years for a human)

[Lucanos]

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Originally posted by Aussie Gamer:
Does a insect think that a tree is alive, I mean that it does not really change much over the life of an insect.

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I don't belive that insects can think at all, nor that they can form a concept on "life" or "tree". But what I do belive is that they have some sort of conciousness.

Right before I try to smash the fly, who is sitting quietly on the table - eating his lunch, he reacts - as my hand is getting closer - and then he flies away. This proves that flies have conciousnss/awareness since it was aware of my hand, almost smashing it.

[Atrocities]

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Right before I try to smash the fly, who is sitting quietly on the table - eating his lunch, he reacts - as my hand is getting closer - and then he flies away.

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The Fly is alerted to a sudden increase in air presure as your hand begins its downward track toward the fly. The Fly, with its 3rd grade education, expertly performs an evassive manuaver that would make any geometry teacher proud. Funny how such a small thing can do such an incredible thing as that. (The Fly is now on the wall. I recommend a fly swatter. They approach without causing a large air disturbance.)

[This message has been edited by Atrocities (edited 04 April 2001).]

[Suicide Junkie]

Another tactic is to use a little pLastic "disc-shooter" gun
The little beasties can take two or three glancing hits before going down for the count.