Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2(pesnta.1.2) 9/5/84; site scc.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!scc!steiny From: steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Re: A Question! Message-ID: <453@scc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 22:28:46 EST Article-I.D.: scc.453 Posted: Thu Mar 7 22:28:46 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Mar-85 02:16:54 EST References: <776@decwrl.UUCP> <580025@acf4.UUCP> Organization: Personetics, Inc. - Santa Cruz, Calif. Lines: 17 > > Unless I am very much mistaken, pre-meditated murder has been observed in > apes. I can't cite anything, but I read it in a reputable rag and it > sure surprised the heck out of me! We should check on this one. > A few years ago on television I saw Jane Goodard, the woman who studies apes. She said that she observed a marauding band of female apes that stole the young from other apes and killed them. They were in a frenzy. It struck me as being like the story of Bacchi in Greek mythology. The Bacchi got drunk on wine and rampaged trough the forests devouring small animals. In one story they devoured one woman's son. -- scc!steiny Don Steiny - Personetics @ (408) 425-0382 ihnp4!pesnta -\ 109 Torrey Pine Terr. ucbvax!twg --> scc!steiny Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060 fortune!idsvax -/