Thursday, August 8, 2019

Elephant Myths

Elephant Myths

The Elephant Corridor in Sri-Lanka

It is a myth.
 

Yala, Wagamuwa, Wilpattu and Uda Walawe are not connected by a corridor for the elephants to move freely, since the rest of the land is densely populated and there is not even a hypothetical corridor.
My calculation is that not even one percent of the land is reserved for the elephants.

If I assume 10% (ten) of the land is allocated in a hypothetical space on this island  as a zoological garden and all the elephants are relocated inside it for the people to see them as exhibits, and only 0.1% of the total population come to the zoo, to see them on one go (again hypothetical) ,there will be one man or woman standing every 10 feet (3.3 meters) of the perimeter and no elephant can move out without touching a human being.

If we get 1% to visit the zoo, one can stand and won’t be able to stretch the hands without pushing and shoving.
 
Elephant will have to trample 10 of them to get out of the perimeter and see the man’s world, which is fully developed.
 
One may wonder, why I used 10% which is high land mass in commercial concepts. It is very simple. My estimate is that there should be 35% (it is less than 25% and we will be like Dubai in about 50 years of development from now-we might even have to import water then) of total land to be reserved for rain forest, if we are to maintain at least 10% of the perennial rivers.
  So if we roughly have 30% for the rain forest, elephants should take the major share of at least one third of it which will be 10%.
That is why I state that there is not even 1% of land left for our elephants.
  So the natural selection will let 500 elephants to survive in the this land and in that estimate it is really endangered species.
Stating that we have 5000 elephants in the forest is a mythical figure concocted by our Mega Media Men (M.M.M) to satisfy the politicians.
 
I think each elephant is counted ten (10) times in making that mythical figure, sometimes by reputed NGO's.
Development of the man’s world is also a big myth in the same stretch of imagination, since only a very few with patronage will be able to enjoy it.

I have made the calculation confusing and difficult so that politicians won’t be able to understand my logic of it but the figures are below for one to work out.

Human Population density in Sril-Lanka averaged out but in reality it is much more than that because people congregate on socio-economic reasons.

The population density in Gamphaha is more than Decca and Calcatta.
 

Kandy has 10 times the population density of Gaza Strip.

Beauty is nobody talks about population control.

I have used the total population projected in another 10 to 50 years for my calculation since total square miles is roughly 25,000.

1000 in a square mile
400 in a Square Kilometer
400 x 2.4=1000

Reserve only 10% 2500 Sq Miles(6500 Sq. Meters)
0.1 of population 250,000
 
Every 10 feet or 3.3 meters there is a man/woman standing.
Location   Indian Ocean     Coordinates   7°N 81°E
 
Area       65,610 km2 (25,332 sq miles)
 
Area rank     25th
 
Coastline   1,340 km (833 miles)
 
Highest elevation   2,524.13 m (8,281.27 ft)
 
Highest point    Pidurutalagala
 
Water bodies     870 km² of water =400 square miles (only about 1%)
( If Water body  is 1.5 % it equals to 1000 Km)

Population density   1000 sq miles
Population density  400 km
 
Hypothetical Elephants   population is 1000 and it is exaggerated to 5000 by local media giants (Biggest lie in this country).
Reserve   2500 Sq miles 50x50=2500;10feet
Reserve   6500 Km 80x80 6400:  3.3 meters

The tooth, the whole tooth, nothing but the whole tooth, is the story behind the gold, the other elements in the amalgam


The tooth, the whole tooth, nothing but the whole tooth, is the story behind the gold, the other elements in the amalgam

What ever the Truth Commission says, rest assured the truth is a mystery and invention of mankind but nobody can hide behind a tooth.
It remains for ages revealing the telltale story of a the truth and the origin of mammals and mankind and their evolution.
It is so hard it is very difficult to burn or hide the truth it reveals.
What a bite it has in forensic medicine.
This is not about the evolution but something else.
This is about the amalgam and the dentist who uses the amalgam to add extra weight and worth to the this historical object.
It is the truth about the tooth and how to become rich in spite the decaying and age.
Can you ever become a friend of a dentist and get him to reveal the truth behind the amalgam?
Especially the that one crafted with gold (teeth).
I guess, you would not.
They will never reveal the truth about the amalgam they use but they will always reveal the truth about the tooth that it needs attention of some sort.
But I will reveal the truth about the amalgam if not the tooth since the the pathologists job is to get to the bottom of the tooth and truth.
I will tell you how many grams or gains of gold and how much of other metals in the amalgam.
But there is a problem with that approach.
One has to die and one has to collect the tooth at the time of postmortem and one cannot neither recover the gold nor the money nor the prestige lost during the procedure both in life and after death.
We chop everything to pieces and only very tiny pieces we can examine.
I can tell you how tiny was the element gold in comparison to the price you paid for the filling.
You may say why not do a X-ray and estimate the real value of gold but it cannot be done that way.
It will only show a a shadow of the metal implantation and it cannot tell what metal it is exactly.
The dentist will never tell you but he will give you the exact charge of the procedure and no money back guarantee or the gold cannot be exchanged at the bullion.
One cannot do that in any case after death and now it is a museum specimen of the pathologist to tell your telltale story of the tooth to others not yet done the honours for the pathologist to step in.
The tooth, the whole tooth, nothing but the whole tooth, is the story behind the gold, the other elements in the amalgam and the tooth and and nothing but truth.

If I am made a judge in an imaginary Court some of my Judgments may look like this.

Complainant

One who lost his gold crown on one of his teeth.

How did you lose your gold crown?
He smashed my face and I lost my gold tooth.

My Lord,
He took it.


Sir he is lying.
My Lord.
He swallowed his tooth and put the blame on me.
Is it a gold tooth.
Yes sir.
Can you prove it with your dentist.
Yes, My Lord.
Take him to protective custody and observe all his excreta and see where the gold tooth is and reports back to me soon.
Keep custody of all the productions intact.


Next hearing.

The case about the gold tooth Sir.
We did not find the gold tooth and we through the productions away.
They were smelly. I thought it might offend you in courts, Sir.
Did I ask you to bring the productions?
No Sir.

Did I ask you to throw the productions away?
No Sir.
Contempt of Court.
Take him to custody now.

Turning to the defense lawyer.
Are you happy with the policeman's report.
Yes Sir.
Are you pleading for lesser offense of theft?
Or are you defending grievous hurt?
Judging by his mood and tone, the lawyer pleaded for lesser offense.


Turning to the lawyer representing the complainant.
I want to see the dentist next time.


Next hearing
 
Dentist appearing in court in professional attire.
Are you the dentist who attended to case No-001?


Yes My Lord.
Is it a gold tooth?


No it is a gold Crown?
What you mean it is not the whole tooth?


No Sir, it is the top most part.


This man says he lost a gold tooth.


What you call the bottom part.


We call it the root Sir.


Have you ever made a gold tooth.


No Sir.

Why?

In cosmetic surgery people are only worried about the external appearance.
The root is hidden and we put a different amalgam there to save costs.
What is the cost of the gold?

After some pause he gives an estimate.


Now tell me your charges for this case.
He gives the charges for the case.

Gold costs less than your charges?


Sir, we charge for the cosmetics and not for the gold.


Isn't it a fabrication?


Dentist was lost for words.


Aren’t you ethically bound to tell the patient the procedure in simple terms.

You are warned this time.
Next time I will report the matter to the Medical Council.
Thank you for your time in courts.


Judgments were postponed for the next hearing.
The dentist was sweating by the time he left the courts.