Out of Kenya

From that interesting part of the world where AIDS, the Mau Mau, and we ourselves probably come from--Kenya--comes word of the discovery of a new species of spitting cobra, Naja Ashei, which differs from other species of spitting cobra in being by far the largest (averaging over nine feet long), and producing at least twice as much venom per bite as any other spitting cobra. The last is of particular interest to the human inhabitants of Kenya who heretofore, when bitten by it and rushed to treatment, have been given less than half of the necessary amount of anti-venin--it being assumed that they had been bitten by an ordinary, black, spitting cobra, which Naja Ashei resembles..."A new species of giant spitting cobra is exciting and reinforces the obvious," said noted kenyan ecologist Richard Leakey, "--that there have to be many other unreported species but hundreds are being lost as their habitats disappear under the continued mismanagement of our planet...." In other words, if our planet weren't being mismanaged, species like Naja Ashei would not disappear. Or, in still other words, if our planet were being properly managed, there would be giant spitting cobras everywhere. In other words, Species, like Cultures, are good, no matter what the hell they are....Does this go back to Levy-Strauss?