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Originally posted by gort51
Thousands...in fact EVERY animal keeps its coat pristine, unless they are sick or about to die. Primates have always groomed each other...Humans do it!!!
Originally posted by Ookie
I do not believe in bigfoot or the yeti. I used to, but honestly, if there were 800 pound, 8ft tall bipeds living in the woods there would be lots of evidence. As one who has spent a huge portion of my life outdoors in woods far from people I can tell you the evidence is not there. You need a certain amount of food per animal. You need a breeding population of a size large enough to prevent genetic mutations caused by inbreeding. And all of those animals have to eat.
When a bear lives in an area you can tell. The berry bushes show signs. There are prints. There is scat. There are places where they sleep with the undergrowth matted down. I've seen it. The biggest creatures in the woods are bears. When they are around it is obvious. All animals leave signs behind showing they have been there.
If bigfoot was carnivorous you'd find signs of kills. There would be shortages of certain animals that are prey items. That would be noticed. "We killed the wolves, bears and mountain lions, why is X animal not showing a population boom?"
If bigfoot was a herbivore the destruction to the plants would be obvious. Gorillas leave a trail of destruction every day as they eat their way through the woods. They eat a little less than bigfoot would, so where is the debris? Gorillas live in the jungle because they need the lush vegetation on order to survive. The forests of North America do not have anywhere near that level of lushness. There isn't enough food to sustain a breeding population of 800 pound herbivores without showing extreme evidence.
So bigfoot simply can't exist. And to assume such a creature could live in the frozen wastes of Siberia or Nepal is even more foolhardy. If there isn't enough food to sustain them in the Pacific Northwest then there certainly isn't enough to feed them on a barren mountain or frozen pine forest.
Thousands...in fact EVERY animal keeps its coat pristine, unless they are sick or about to die. Primates have always groomed each other...Humans do it!!!
I have read many reports where they have described Bigfoots coat as,matted,dirty,as having sticks and leaves,moss stuck to the hair.So no,they arent always pristine looking.As far as the line about bring out the suits comment.All i have to say is i believe there is some unclassified being out there and not just Bigfoot.
edit on 5-11-2011 by DrMorbius because: (no reason given)
Although I did notice that red spot on the back of it's neck. Could that be a injury or something that shows the costume?
Originally posted by Ookie
I do not believe in bigfoot or the yeti. I used to, but honestly, if there were 800 pound, 8ft tall bipeds living in the woods there would be lots of evidence. As one who has spent a huge portion of my life outdoors in woods far from people I can tell you the evidence is not there. You need a certain amount of food per animal. You need a breeding population of a size large enough to prevent genetic mutations caused by inbreeding. And all of those animals have to eat.
When a bear lives in an area you can tell. The berry bushes show signs. There are prints. There is scat. There are places where they sleep with the undergrowth matted down. I've seen it. The biggest creatures in the woods are bears. When they are around it is obvious. All animals leave signs behind showing they have been there.
If bigfoot was carnivorous you'd find signs of kills. There would be shortages of certain animals that are prey items. That would be noticed. "We killed the wolves, bears and mountain lions, why is X animal not showing a population boom?"
If bigfoot was a herbivore the destruction to the plants would be obvious. Gorillas leave a trail of destruction every day as they eat their way through the woods. They eat a little less than bigfoot would, so where is the debris? Gorillas live in the jungle because they need the lush vegetation on order to survive. The forests of North America do not have anywhere near that level of lushness. There isn't enough food to sustain a breeding population of 800 pound herbivores without showing extreme evidence.
So bigfoot simply can't exist. And to assume such a creature could live in the frozen wastes of Siberia or Nepal is even more foolhardy. If there isn't enough food to sustain them in the Pacific Northwest then there certainly isn't enough to feed them on a barren mountain or frozen pine forest.