The Circle Of Life

[poliphilo]

Is this the only way an ecosystem can work- or are there planets out there in the great laboratory of the universe where the critters thrive and evolve without eating one another?

I mean, it's a pretty disgusting carry-on isn't it?

Comments

[artkouros.livejournal.com]

You don't have to have predators, but they do make life more interesting. And think of how awful it would be with nothing to make our carcasses rot and disappear when we die?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't know, I'm sure we'd find a use for them- as fuel perhaps.