Zoologists V.

Geologists?

In scholastic circles the argu ment appears to lie between the zoologist and the geologist. The zoologist takes the problem of the starfish, examines its effects and declares it must be de stroyed and its natural predator built up. The geologist examines the reef as a whole and is more inclined to treat the problem as one within the natural balance of nature.

From the geologists’ point of view the numbers of starfish could be due to something as simple as a rise in water tem perature in certain parts of the ocean, PIM says it doesn’t matter really to Pacific Islanders what has caused the plague. It is here and they have to do something about it.