> On my entomology trip through Oregon last summer I discovered that one of > the best places to find butterflies, bees and many other kinds of insects > was to stop at roadside overlooks and look around for the obvious place > someone would duck out of sight to pee. These locations were always > swarming with insects who come for the minerals once the water part > evaporates away. Just off McKenzie Pass I counted 175 bees, 56 butterflies, > 114 other kinds of bugs in a 4 meter "pee zone" behind some rocks. > > Rob Sandelin Well, if there's so much *good* in us being "wasted", how about advocating a return to the days of at least 'thunder mugs' - and even promoting composting toilets instead of wasting all that good water *and* polluting by "washing" our excretions before they go out to sea by way of sewage treatment plants ? <g> Toni in Seattle
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