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Monday, November 30, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Rhino
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Molly said, "I was really scared. I thought she was going to die."
Sarah said, "When Molly first told me about the rhinoceros, I thought she was kidding, and I got really mad."
of this I can take anything. I have to say that after all I've been through, I can't see anything worse happening."
Laughing, Emily said,"After all
Becky Ford, Lawrence sophmore, who has known Emily since sixth grade, said, "My first reac
tion, actually, was kind of laughter. I didn't really believe it. Then it was terror because she was on her own." she said.
"It would just shock me to lose a really good friend. Then I just wanted her to come home."
Pigeons
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Nearly 5,000 years ago, rockdoves were domesticated by men and used as food.
"We find carvings and bas-reliefs or people holding doves on their wings."
The doves would have been easy to domesticate, he said. They are capable of breeding in very small spaces and could be set free during the day to forage on their own. That means they would have to be fed only in the winter or in times of drought.
It was inevitable, however, that some of the birds would not come back at night and thus be lost. Those birds were the ancestors of modern city pigeons.
City pigeons are feral, which means they were once domesticated but have since returned to the wild.
These feral pigeons have many advantages over the wild rockdoves, Johnston said. Men bred pigeons for specific characteristics, notably size and reproductive capability.
The feral pigeons live in the same areas as their wild ancestors and have interbred with them. Since pigeons have advantages in size and breeding, Johnston fears that they
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We find carvings and bas-reliefs of people holding doves on their wrists.'
— Richard A. Johnston professor of systematics and ecoloya
may have caused the extinction of the pure rockdove in Western Europe.
"Rockdoves are surrounded by a sea of feral pigeons," Johnston said.
To determine how much effect interbreeding with feral pigeons has had on rockdoves, Johnston examines pigeon and rockdove population samples.
Johnston has found that feral pigeons have far more genetic variability than rockdoves. That has led scientists to tell the difference between the two.
Johnston's research is not complete, however. He only has results for the genetic composition of rock- and pigeons in Sardinia and Italy.
This variability was probably brought about by man in his pigeon breeding. Through controlled breeding, man was able to fix certain deliberate or accidental mutations that determine size, color or reproductive capability.
"I'm extrapolating from that to other areas," he said. "I need to find out what it's like in England and Africa."
On the Record
A car in the 1000 block of Sunset Drive sustained $200 damage after its window was broken about 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8. A car parked in the 3400 block of
A car parked in the 2600 block of Bonanza Street sustained $100 damage after a window was broken out at 7 a.m. Saturday, Lawnrice police reported.
Steven Drive sustained $200 damage after its driver's side window was broken and one of its front tires was slashed about 9:20 a.m. Saturday, Lawrence police reported.
On Campus
Student Union Activities Arts and Crafts Bazaar is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at the Kansas Union.
Theatre at Murphy Hall.
A Hallmark Symposium Series presented by Brune Monguzzi
graphic designer from Milan, Italy,
is scheduled at 6 p.m. today at the
Spencer Museum of Art auditorium.
A Holiday Concert by the University
Wind Ensemble is scheduled at
7:30 p.m. today in Crafton-Preyer
- Society for Fantasy and Science Fiction is scheduled at 8 p.m. today in the Walnut Room at the Kansas Union.
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