Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Diminution of Codfish in Our Food Chain. Evolution? Humans actually causing evolution? Nonsense! Well, here's one for you, oh you doubters. Codfish have been pursued and netted for centuries, Capturing these one-meter-long beauties. As time proceeded, those smaller adults escaped the nets. The human selective pressure was always removing the 'big ones'. This slowly shifted the selective adaptation to an ever-smaller size. So, as a result of 'we-clever-humans', With our superior technology and frequency of use therewith, We have literally destroyed a prize and sought-for prey, To an unwanted and undesired minimal size, Because of the unheeding and ignorant knowledge of adaptation, Through evolution and the process of natural selection. Frank Maurer 12 July 2025 0945 Hours.