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0 pointsthrowanem9y ago0 comments

> One creature could supply all the food needed for a huge colony.

We call this a "single point of failure".

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vinceguidry9y ago· 2 in thread

Other creatures could provide security.

Against a really clever predator, perhaps with wings? Against accident and illness? Against a change in circumstance such that those overspecialized strategies no longer work sufficiently well or at all?

vinceguidry9y ago

A colony could stockpile food for the interrim period where the backup could be trained up.

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