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breathe, yet the alligator and trie crocodile are energized at 

 a lower level than the lion or the porpoise. Therefore, there 

 must be some other factor than oxygen tension that deter- 

 mines the relatively small size of the energy-controlling 

 organs and the low level of the energy of the alligator and 

 the crocodile. 



The kind of habitat in which an animal lives is always a 

 factor for consideration. In the still waters of the swamps 

 and sluggish rivers, with their low oxygen tension, we find 

 cold-blooded sluggish fish, sluggish turtles, and sluggish 

 reptiles. In such waters hunting is not necessary. 



The territory available to the warm-blooded animals is 

 the greater part of the earth's surface. The lion, the hawk, 

 the fox employ their keen eyes, ears, and noses and their 

 1 50 per cent higher power of chemical activity in hunting. 

 Should the Herbivora be decimated, the Carnivora would 

 starve. The Carnivora could never exterminate the grass 

 and leaf eaters, since the Carnivora would be exterminated 

 first. They cannot eat grass or leaves. 



What about the reptiles? The reptile, in the midst of 

 abundant oxygen, remains cold-blooded. As an adaptation 

 of safety, with no energy required for keeping warm, with 

 little muscular power needed for defense or to secure food, 

 and with a minimum of food requirements, the alligator 

 and the crocodile are literally fed by their prey. The passive 

 state of these two reptiles protects the level of their food 

 supply, and they are so formidable that they can destroy 

 any other food-competing animal, thus further protecting 

 their food supply. 



Were the alligator and the crocodile warm-blooded, 

 endowed with keen eyes and ears, and empowered with a 

 vigorous nervous system on the order of that of the porpoise, 

 they would quickly exterminate their own food supply. 



Thus the competition among reptiles is toward nega- 

 tivity, and the struggle among warm-blooded animals is 

 toward positivity. Competition for negativity takes the 



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