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Randall Robinson's avatar

I love how other species co-exist with respect for others, working this out with respect, cooperation and lack of aggression. I wonder if our species is capable of learning this.

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Elwood R. Bernat's avatar

WHAT? No Randle, “our species” are not capable of this “respect, cooperation and lack of aggression”, just you, you’re the good guy with compassion and understanding. Go back to sleep now and see if you can catch up to that dream.

Pure virtue signaling spells budding hierarchal tendencies without humility.

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Anne Clifton's avatar

We spent some time in Tanzania back in 2006 and I am enjoying your photos and videos!

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Elwood R. Bernat's avatar

I was in Hospital University of Pennsylvania years back recovering from surgery to remove lead from old gunshot wounds from Nam, and met a wonderful woman who had traveled to Africa with a group of doctors and associates. She was trying to get a closer shot of hippo’s in the water while on a trail near a river bank in high buffalo grass and did not see the lone hippo in the grass. She ran up the trail in retreat but the hippo was to fast. It completely crushed her entire body like a compactor with cobbled stone like teeth in seconds carrying her in its mouth, then dropping her.

We sat and had an otherwise lovely talk for an hour in the hospital canteen until the nursing staff came and took her away. She was not supposed to have left her bed on the third floor, but she seemed to want to confess her sins of foolishness, away from the appeasement and sorrow thus far. I had no idea why she sat next to me at an otherwise empty table. She died of sepsis the next morning.

No, God did not punish her, condemn her, and is not responsible for circumstance not created by God. No it was not a rouge hippo from the zoo.

Our DNA/RNA is apparently transferable, and can be modified, but there are no guarantees. We are each responsible for our actions and purview of existential reality. Delusion over reality becomes more common the more we get away with it unscathed.

“I became excited in the moment and prospect of a close up shot, deluded myself of the reality of the picture I was in”, she said. I nodded. She slightly smiled.

And yes, her guide and others should have stopped her faux courage heading down the trail.

Be absolutely sure one can see 360 degrees and never disrespect nature’s omnipresent danger by pasting over it with faux expectations.

Sometimes being close to degrees of danger in the conundrum of nature that others face every day is enough to relieve the overwhelming thoughts of civilization’s conundrum, putting it into context. Sometimes not so much.

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DaughteroftheKing's avatar

Interesting perspective.

IMMENSELY GRATEFUL to you for the IMMENSE sacrifices you and your family made in serving our country. I hope your surgery provided you relief.

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Elwood R. Bernat's avatar

Thank you.

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MPR's avatar

I’m glad you’re having a nice vacation but I don’t think that these posts make sense on this substack. It’s not why people pay for your content. Start a free instagram account and tell folks here (once) to follow you there.

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mark fay's avatar

Dr.McCullough,

The videos are very impressive. But what are you doing to stop COVID vaxgenes?

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Liberty's avatar

Appreciate you Dr McCullough for sharing your Adventures.

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Joseph Jenkins's avatar

Been there. Fascinating!

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albert venezio's avatar

Thank you! The Food Chain causes the most harm to the most Beings. A disgusting trap. If the lioness does not successfully hunt she and hers can starve, if her prey are caught they are mauled and eaten. Some System by an evil pretend "god"!

We can learn from the Zebra's diligence and stick together against the predators.

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earl's avatar

Interesting that you believe in evil but not God.

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albert venezio's avatar

That's a stupid comment. Where did I say I do not believe in God? "god" who pretends to be the Divine God and causes most all of the harm since the start of time is masquerading as the Divine God.

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Stephen English's avatar

Created by God makes a lot more sense than saying all the different animals happened by evolution.

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albert venezio's avatar

I never said they happened by evolution. But a Sick "god" made the Evil Food Chain - is this not obvious?

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JanC1955's avatar

No, it's not obvious at all, and your attitude toward other commenters needs an adjustment. The "evil food chain" was created by the Creator, just as those of us who partake in the "evil food chain," including wildlife, were. Wherever there are predators and prey, which is EVERYWHERE, there exists what you refer to as the "evil food chain." It's called nature. Now maybe we can get back to enjoying non-confrontational comments by those who appreciate Dr. McC sharing his travels with us?

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albert venezio's avatar

I need an attitude adjustment because I say the Truth you don't like. Good luck with that. This is Courageous Discourse not follow the Cowards. The True Divine Creator did not create the Psychotic Food Chain - the Demiurge did - Satan. Go hide in your hole.

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Elwood R. Bernat's avatar

As they used to say in the 1970’s, “far out man”. You are really out there.

Talk to plants much? So just to get this straight, exactly who are you universally blaming here, and when did you become God?

“Can starve”, or do you mean should starve, but you just don’t want to be a meanie, which is it. Are you thinking you want to be a “nice” zebra today because they are the oppressed in your world?

Just come out and say you have given up on “God”, you are an atheist. The dream of utopian Communism sound great to you, they will give you whatever you want. No argument, be a good zebra now, go along, you’ll be saved by commun-ism, promise.

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albert venezio's avatar

Obviously your a moron. When did I say I was God? So you think the Food Chain is good? The Best System for the most Beings to suffer is good? So who eats humans? You think nobody.

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