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ALIEN INTERVIEW - THE NEW EARTH - Earth Changes and The ...

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'I look at the term species as one arbitrarily given for the sake of convenience to a<br />

set of individuals closely resembling each other .... it does not essentially differ from<br />

the term variety, which is given to less distinct <strong>and</strong> more fluctuating forms. <strong>The</strong> term<br />

variety, again in comparison with mere individual difference, is also applied<br />

arbitrarily, <strong>and</strong> for mere convenience sake.'<br />

Because of the difficulties with both defining <strong>and</strong> tallying the total numbers of different<br />

species in the world, it is estimated that there are anywhere between 2 million <strong>and</strong> 100<br />

million different species."<br />

-- Reference: Wikipedia.org<br />

198 "...species of beetle..."<br />

"Beetles are a group of insects which have the largest number of species. <strong>The</strong>y are placed<br />

in the order Coleoptera, which means "sheathed wing" <strong>and</strong> contains more described species<br />

than in any other order in the animal kingdom, constituting about twenty-five percent of all<br />

known life-forms. Forty percent of all described insect species are beetles (about 350,000<br />

species), <strong>and</strong> new species are frequently discovered. Estimates put the total number of<br />

species, described <strong>and</strong> undescribed, at between 5 <strong>and</strong> 8 million.<br />

Beetles can be found in almost all habitats, but are not known to occur in the sea or in the<br />

polar regions. <strong>The</strong>y interact with their ecosystems in several ways. <strong>The</strong>y often feed on plants<br />

<strong>and</strong> fungi, break down animal <strong>and</strong> plant debris, <strong>and</strong> eat other invertebrates. Some species<br />

are prey of various animals including birds <strong>and</strong> mammals. Certain species are agricultural<br />

pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata, the boll weevil<br />

Anthonomus gr<strong>and</strong>is, the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, <strong>and</strong> the mungbean or<br />

cowpea beetle Callosobruchus maculatus, while other species of beetles are important<br />

controls of agricultural pests. For example, coccinellidae ("ladybirds" or "ladybugs") consume<br />

aphids, scale insects, thrips, <strong>and</strong> other plant-sucking insects that damage crops."<br />

-- Reference: Wikipedia.org<br />

199 "One species does not evolve to become another species, as the <strong>Earth</strong> textbooks<br />

indicate, without the intervention <strong>and</strong> manipulation of genetic material by an IS-BE."<br />

"Genetic engineering, recombinant DNA technology, genetic modification /<br />

manipulation (GM) <strong>and</strong> gene splicing are terms applied to the direct manipulation of an<br />

organism's genes. Genetic engineering is not to be confused with traditional breeding where<br />

the organism's genes are manipulated indirectly. Genetic engineering uses the techniques of<br />

molecular cloning <strong>and</strong> transformation. Genetic engineering endeavors have found some<br />

success in improving crop technology, the manufacture of synthetic human insulin through<br />

the use of modified bacteria, the manufacture of erythropoietin in Chinese hamster ovary<br />

cells, <strong>and</strong> the production of new types of experimental mice such as the oncomouse (cancer<br />

mouse) for research.<br />

Since a protein sequence is specified by a segment of DNA called a gene, novel versions of<br />

that protein can be produced by changing the DNA sequence of the gene. <strong>The</strong> companies<br />

that own the modified genome are able to patent it. In the case of basic crops, the<br />

companies gain control of foodstuffs, controlling food production on a large scale <strong>and</strong><br />

reducing agrobidiversity to a few varieties. <strong>The</strong> only apparent interest in promoting this<br />

tecnology appears to be purely economic, despite the claims of seed companies such as<br />

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