<koertge's "on the origin of animal demographics and communication"> 2003-05-01.12:10 a.m. On the Origin of Animal Demographics and Communication Ronald Koertge The voyage on the Ark--which had looked so gleeful in the brochures--turned out to be a nightmare. Becalmed and bored, the animals copulated and fainted, losing an entire species when something huge collapsed on the pregnant Chuckling Nit, leaving her mate more alone than anything in history. Two of the doves never came back, and the slap of Noah's sandals froze everyone. Eventually the rain stopped. Eventually Noah opened the door. They were out before the stink, going as high, as deep and as far as they could. Some in their blind misery and fear circled the globe and came up on the Ark from the other side. That sound you hear when you are camping out alone is the one they made then. back /& forth /& frosting names are often sad