Why Carnivores?

Learned that Alaskan bears like pine nuts (seeds). Bears getting tiny seeds one-at-time from pine cones? No, they raid the caches gathered by squirrels. Thus the food value has been concentrated for the bears. This seems to be analogous to the benefit of carnivore behavior. Saw a doc on the ancient body of a pre-historic hunter found in the Alps. It was explained that such a journey over barren terrain would not find much in the way of berries, fruit, etc. But animals there could be harvested.

The goods are odd.

We took a local tour in Skagway, Alaska and our bus driver/guide was an energetic 22 yr old gal working just for the tourist season. She shares a rental house with 3 single girls and 13 single guys who are drivers/guides. Speaking of the social scene during the summer she said that (for the girls) "the odds are good but the goods are odd."

Natures Strategy

It is well known that for every plant and animal nature has built-in procreation in greater numbers than can be sustained by their environment. This strategy is meant to overcome the fact that most offspring will never reach maturity. Plants generate thousands of seeds or millions of spores and many of the offspring of animals do not survive the hazards of life.
Human animals have reached a world population of about 6.5 billion and it is projected to be 9 billion by 2050. Most of the increase will be in the third world, which can least afford it. There is real doubt whether the world environment can support these numbers. The pessimistic view is that environmental damage combined with war, famine and disease will result in the premature death of hundreds of millions people. The USA and western Europe may expect millions will seek refuge illegally on our soil. We better be prepared.