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I don't see what the testing is needed for since I have allready produced countles pages of information to back up target food.
They are testing your ability to find/research a simple question and you are failing in epic proportions. For a guy obsessed with food that is astounding
It would be a sign that target food is missing.
Target foods are a fantasy.
Species are not supposed to eat anything in particular. The physical structure of an animal makes certain feedings difficult or easy. An elephant would find it difficult to eat meat. Not impossible, but not easy.
When you see a species target a large variety within a food group, its a sign that they are missing something from that food group.
Species can and do feed on things that are not good food or even toxic. The deer eat rhododendron, iris, daisies, and other toxic plants.
The only time we see this activity is when target food is missing. Obviousy taking a species out of its enviroment, can also mean taking away his food.
Species are not programmed to eat something in particular. Animals released into unfamiliar environments find foods.
Trial and error, has NEVER been a recognized M.O. of any species.
Your assumption that intelligence is required is simply not true. Trial and error works. Is trial and error intelligence? Maybe. Depends on what you mean by intelligence
If a target food is missing for any reason, the species will seek out that same food though same food group.
A single species can be distributed over a wide geographical area where different foods are available. A single species also eats different things at different times of the year.
Oh yes I have, and guess what, we know what they are all eating.
You have not given a plethora of links about diets. That is a lie.
Even by your own admission, the deer was another, now you lie and say otherwise.
You have shown at least 1 diet list for a squirrel and found out that depending on region the squirrels ate a different diet. Squirrels eat many different things.
Well then please enlighten us all with your understanding on how it is that all individuals in a species eat the same food, and how they just so happen to know that its good for them.
I choose not to believe it. It is more reasonable to assume that this is just another lie.
It's a really daft idea and it has no supporting evidence.
I didn't have to be told the answer, I didn't care.
What a shame Tooth was told what the rock was. What a disgrace he had to be told.
You are being very harsh on the group known as tooth. He has been told he is a borderline genius and has let it be known he is a science major, the discoverer of an arcane virus no less.
Tooth
You have been very quite on the subject of the rock otherwise known as salt but seeing as though every animal on this planet would die without it, then it must be part of the mythical 'target food'.
Can you explain why the tongue has areas that specifically identify salt?
Can you now explain why every animal on this planet would die if they get too much salt?
Can you explain why you had to be told the answer?
I need to clear something up, it has been bugging me for quite a while and it is quite petty, but:
Tooth, are you aware that when you refer to people as incredulous, its not an insult?
A credulous person believes without evidence, on hearsay, are deemed to be gullible.
An incredulous person is the opposite, refusing to believe without evidence, requiring proof, skeptical.
As I say, a minor thing and probably another F on the report card for language comprehension, but I only mention it because you use it often and in a context that makes me believe that you think it is an insult
incredulous
in·cred·u·lous/inˈkrejələs/Adjective: (of a person or their manner) Unwilling or unable to believe something: "an incredulous gasp".
It is drawn out. Then you run into problems like I did where stereo is claiming that different plants are in a different catagory, but not according to the deer.
That's the problem when using evidence to try to prove something. It's impossible to completely explain things in one post. I could max out five posts character limits just partially explaining the diet of a deer and what it eats to neutralize the effects of other things it eats. To do it right it would bore everyone to death. And I don't even know hardly anything compared to a guy who has studied deer with a passion all his life.
All this tells me is that you know little to nothing about Pye's star child, as this is the medical claim is is presenting based on actuall findings from it's DNA and mtDNA.
Calling on me isn't going to accomplish anything, when its just your opinion. What you need to do is start proving me wrong.
Go back and read for yourself, and you will see.
And for the 5th time, from the perspective of the deer, yes.
Prove it!
From the perspective of the deer, it can be.
If I'm wrong, prove it!
That was based on mtDNA as nuclear testing was not available at that time, and he had to wait until it was. You seriously need to do more research on this subject.
If pye was so bent on passing of a regular skull as being alien, and the DNA proved it to be human, he simply wouldn't have published those findings. Which is not the case. You need to do more research.
Prove it.
I don't use yahoo, I told you, I use google, and it is not a word in google, sorry your wrong.
It was the definition of a concise diet, NOT A PRECISE diet like your assuming. So in that was the defintion for concise, that you seem to be overlooking.
But you got the point, they are both plants. Do you honeslty believe the deer would know the difference?
As I have proven what happens when a speices loses target food as well.
I don't see what the testing is needed for since I have allready produced countles pages of information to back up target food.
It would be a sign that target food is missing.
When you see a species target a large variety within a food group, its a sign that they are missing something from that food group.
The only time we see this activity is when target food is missing. Obviousy taking a species out of its enviroment, can also mean taking away his food.
Trial and error, has NEVER been a recognized M.O. of any species.
If a target food is missing for any reason, the species will seek out that same food though same food group.
Oh yes I have, and guess what, we know what they are all eating.
Even by your own admission, the deer was another, now you lie and say otherwise.
Well then please enlighten us all with your understanding on how it is that all individuals in a species eat the same food, and how they just so happen to know that its good for them.
I didn't have to be told the answer, I didn't care.
It is drawn out. Then you run into problems like I did where stereo is claiming that different plants are in a different catagory, but not according to the deer.
You have to watch a different video to get the findings after that.
The DNA report was clear. The skull and both parents were human.
What this tells us is that you know nothing about the DNA findings.
prove it, prove it, no I didn't, it was close enough to the full diet, not in the eyes of the deer, I never did, I said forbs is not a word.
I've repeatedly shown you to be wrong:
1. Animals do eat rocks and dirt
2. Labels do not tell you what you are eating
3. You posted an incorrect diet for deer
4. You were wrong that fungi are plants
5. You were wrong to say forb is not a word
That's a really short list
Your opinion doesn't mean much.
I've repeatedly shown you to be a liar. You think reading what you wrote is going to change the fact that you are a liar? No. I do not believe you.
Prove it.
That is just plain stupid, meaningless, rubbish.
You are wrong.
Prove it.
Done thoroughly.
And I have, just because you lack the intelligence to understand it doesn't mean its not true.
I don't have to you prove you wrong. You have to prove this really stupid statement. The onus is on the claimant.
The following test later proved that to be wrong.
You need to do some research because the results were that it was human with human parents. You need to stop telling lies.
Again you will have to do more research, as later tests proved that to be wrong.
Pye is a liar, charlatan, a fraud, a hoaxer, a doofus. That is why he continued on his kick after the tests showed that it was human and human parents.
I never tried, because I don't care, there is a difference but I'm sure in your aimless beliefs, and waddle, it probably means the world to you.
If you were not able to figure out a second grade issue that animals do eat rocks, then how could I ever expect you to get a third grade problem solved which is the name of the animal used to make marshmallows.
Google is all I need.
Sounds to me like you are saying that you won't learn. There is a term for that: stupid. It is the sign of a closed mind. Notice that I gave you the means for 2 search engines. If you use another one then learn how to use it so you don't say asinine things like forbs is not a word. Just trying to help you out, but you have nastily avoided learning anything.
I was going to tell you the same thing.
Please learn to use English. The word is accurate, not precise. I meant concise.
They might, and they might not.
Of course deer know the difference between grasses and twigs. They are eaten in different manners.
You should look up browsers and grazers and learn the difference.
Thats because you will never see anything with closed eyes.
You've proven nothing. You haven't even provided evidence for the existence of this fantasy you call target foods
With closed eyes, you will miss everything, which so far has been the case. Your so busy trying to catch me slipping up that your stumbling over the proof of target food and not even realising it.
Still waiting for the first piece of evidence. Nothing has been provided.
If that were true, species would experiment on food and we never see that.
Pointless and irrelevant comment. What an animal consumes is in part due to the physical structures available for feeding. Has nothing to do with your fantasy.
I was able to prove this argument based on the fact of the human diet, how we eat so many things from so many food groups, and most of them aren't nutritious to humans in any signficiant way.
Prove this.
Actually this isn't a pop quiz, anytime you remove someone from their food, they will either have to adapt by eating something else or starve.
This is meaningless rubbish based on your fantasy.
Actually you are, prove it.
You are again arguing from ignorance.
Then you must be illiterate as I have spelled it out many times in the prior pages.
Meaningless rubbish. There is no such thing as a target food.
We do not know what they are eating. The squirrel is a perfect example of finding out that we do not know what animals eat. This showed that squirrels can be predatory. You should look up plethora. You obviously do not k
Well then let me sum it up for you...
We do not know what they are eating. The squirrel is a perfect example of finding out that we do not know what animals eat. This showed that squirrels can be predatory. You should look up plethora. You obviously do not know what the word means.
They are predominantly herbivorous, subsisting on seeds and nuts, but many will eat insects and even small vertebrates
For the 5th time forbs is not a word, would you look at the wiki you sent me listed as forb. Of course plethora means more than 2, you just don't know how to count. The deer diet is close enough.
Plethora is not 2. And you could not and still cannot get the deer diet correct. You have recently claimed twigs and fruit are forbs and grasses. You even tried to claim forbs was not a word
Tests would match the idea that species that seem to be eating target food, would be found to be eating healthy. Those that aren't would be trying to pursue that which is missing by eating in the food group of the missing food.
Please prove to us that animals know that food they eat is good for them.
Individuals within a species do not eat the same foods.
These are bad assumptions on your part.
I never begged for the answer, I believe you don't have the answer.
You simply could not figure out what a 7 year old knows. How pathetic.
You also lie since you begged for the answer and I would not tell you
don't be shy, come on now.
Prove it.
Originally posted by itsthetooth
reply to post by stereologist
I don't use yahoo, I told you, I use google, and it is not a word in google, sorry your wrong.
Forb and forbs are words in the standard English language. You are once again arguing from ignorance.
dictionary.reference.com...
Here is another hint for you. In Yahoo type define in front of a word. In Google type define: in front of a word.
Contents
1 Etymology
2 Forbs and guilds
3 Forbs in informal classification
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Originally posted by itsthetooth
reply to post by idmonster
I need to clear something up, it has been bugging me for quite a while and it is quite petty, but:
Tooth, are you aware that when you refer to people as incredulous, its not an insult?
A credulous person believes without evidence, on hearsay, are deemed to be gullible.
An incredulous person is the opposite, refusing to believe without evidence, requiring proof, skeptical.
As I say, a minor thing and probably another F on the report card for language comprehension, but I only mention it because you use it often and in a context that makes me believe that you think it is an insult
incredulous
in·cred·u·lous/inˈkrejələs/Adjective: (of a person or their manner) Unwilling or unable to believe something: "an incredulous gasp".
I'm sorry but I found nothing that claimed it had to be something without proof.