[Doc On The Bay]

re: "My # 34," --We survive DESPITE our "demonstrably 'unworthy' "Survival Skills"; ----- WE are "Earth's Best Shot" at "SPECIES SURVIVAL!!"

[Mother Abigail]

All species are subject to cycles of sustained growth and sudden calamity. It is a rhythm as old as life itself, and is an integral part of the evolutionary process.

The classical symptoms of a species in crisis include:

Increased aggression
Sexual dysfunction
And disease.