The first time I met him, the stranger didn’t have a name—he was “the zebra-stripey one.” A notch above “anonymous brown blob,” the species all unmet birds fall into. All I knew was that he was elusive. I chased him and ten of his closest friends down a San Diego hiking trail for 30 minutes trying for an ID. It was on the 61st branch that I managed a clear enough picture, shaken through my binoculars.
From blog via This RSS Feed.
Why do we love dogs but slaughter pigs?
Why do we love dolphins and whales but slaughter fish?
Because it tastes good and it provides valuable nutrition and prevents starvation.