這篇弄好久才生出來,畢竟他們兩個偶爾還是會尷尬一下,尤其自然選擇一個是強調個體競爭,一個是強調環境壓力,喔喔,實在是無法形容的關係,英雄惜英雄!
Orangutan and Alfred Russel Wallace
(A: Author, AW: Alfred Russel Wallace, CD: Charles Robert Darwin)
A: ‘I am reading the magazine, Natural History. It is a special issue about you Al.’
AW: ‘Finally, it is my turn! Let’s see. Um! Orangutan. Does it must be introduce this?’
A: ‘I know that you used killed several orangutan in Indonesia or Borneo? I forgot what place you did that. Poor orangutan.’
AW: ‘I was poor in that time. Hope everyone can forgive me.’
A: ‘I saw someone could not forgive you on website. It’s funny. That activities was held for you.’ (Laughing can not control)
AW: ‘Who? (Looking at screen) Oh, I see. I don’t know what should I say now. I don’t want to offend a lady.’
A: ‘Oh, your reaction is so cute, Al. Just like Charles. So…Oh I don’t know that word.’
AW: ‘Avoid to use those words. It is embarrassing. Oh, I feel so sorry on that, Galdikas.’
A: ‘Are you transferring my attention?’
AW: ‘I am an ecologist now. You know. I definitely will support your conservation on orangutans. So forgive me, please.’
A: ‘Hey, you are really strange. She does not know you make an apologize.’
AW: ‘This makes me feel better now. Oh, I remember that I shot one in Durian farms.’
CD: (Begin to laugh without sound and finally he can not control)
AW: ‘What? Charles. Did you think up something? Don’t laugh me. I need orangutans’ specimen to support my life in south-eastern Asia.’
CD: ‘Fortunately, durian did not crash you. Orangutans would throw down the sticks or something on the tree to protect themselves.’
AW: ‘In your mind, you hope it would kill me. Am I right? Charles.’
CD: ‘It is normal coming out this thought. Do not feel I am offend you.’
AW: ‘I do not know what is your truly thinking is. I am trying to confuse you. Hey. Hey.’
A: ‘You should try durian, Charles. Its flavour is fantastic! Al said that the taste of durian was indescribable. Look this plot of his book. It is awesome.’
“The five cells are silky-white within, and are filled with a mass of firm, cream-coloured pulp, containing about three seeds each. This pulp is the edible part, and its consistence and flavour are indescribable. A rich custard highly flavoured with almonds gives the best general idea of it, but there are occasional wafts of flavour that call to mind cream-cheese, onion-sauce, sherry-wine, and other incongruous dishes. Then there is a rich glutinous smoothness in the pulp which nothing else possesses, but which adds to its delicacy. It is neither acidic nor sweet nor juicy; yet it wants neither of these qualities, for it is in itself perfect. It produces no nausea or other bad effect, and the more you eat of it the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, to eat Durians is a new sensation worth a voyage to the East to experience. ... as producing a food of the most exquisite flavour it is unsurpassed.”
CD: ‘No problem! I am a member of Glutan. We loved to try strange meat.’
AW: ‘Do not make this kind of promise. You will regret when you smell its aroma.’
CD: ‘I am a naturalist. In this position, I have a brave to taste it.’
A: ‘Poor orangutan feels bad you ignore it.’
CD: ‘I used to observe an orangutan in London Zoo. Its behavior likes human’s baby.’
AW: ‘when I shot the female orangutan down, I found her baby and bring it back to my living place. It was so sad that it grabbed my beard tightly.’
A: ‘No wonder the conservationist could not forgive you. You are so bad.’
AW: ‘I already regretted on this accident.’
CD: ‘No one blame you. That is a joke. You are the greatest naturalist on human’s history.’
AW: ‘I know no one blame me. I just feel so sorry to orangutans. Oh!’
A: ‘You two are boring. Always act like a victim.’
(They look each other helplessly.)
Reference:
http://www.darwinlive.com/wallace/amnh.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace#Differences_between_Darwin.27s_and_Wallace.27s_ideas_on_natural_selection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian