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To: Kaslin
The entire worldwide elephant population is 500,000. They are vanishing at a rate of 50,000 per year, just for their ivory.

That phrase reminds me of the number of square miles of rain forest being cleared in Brazil. It's very measurable but will likely not reflect reality. Just like Brazil deforestation, the calculated rate of demise will reach 0 long before the reality.

28 posted on 11/17/2013 6:26:53 AM PST by Dutch Boy
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To: Dutch Boy

50,000 elephants’ worth of ivory is how much ivory? Where is it going? I know it sure isn’t becoming piano keys.

I wonder if our scientists can come out of their, er, “ivory towers” and figure out how to get the world more ivory without reducing the world population of elephants.


34 posted on 11/17/2013 6:30:12 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and a cheer and mean it. See my page.)
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To: Dutch Boy

Don’t you know that we are always just 10 years away from any given disaster unless huge sums of money are spent on “research”.


77 posted on 11/17/2013 8:07:21 PM PST by Nachoman (Wisdom is learned, cynicism is earned.)
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