Posted By Java

First, a disclaimer:  these are NOT the SIB.  The SIB are from the United States of America, not Russia. 

Second, a personal note:  that is where the difference ends.

A disturbing incident reported by BBC News:

And true to SIB behavior...

You are saying to yourself, "has Java lost her little hamster mind speaking out against the SIB by posting such a horrible account and making comparisons?"

Before I answer that, perhaps you should re-read the above post and note that I am not speaking out against the SIB but merely stating an observation about some of the smartest survivors I know. You, the reader, are jumping to conclusions. Let us continue and see where this is going.

The choice is: starve to death, or eat a stray dog. 

I'll go with the stray dog - though surely there has to be tastier insects around that forest.  Although with no pinecones around, insects may not want to stick around.  Either that, or there are no pinecones because there are no insects.

(SIB ACN Note: Maybe the trees are sick or the weather tricked them into not making pine cones - we don't know because we don't have contact with this group.)

Of  course, there are always going to be those who look at the actions and not the cause. And then there are those who just won't accept the facts, no matter how basic they are:

(SIB ACN Note: And what if the birds don't want to nest in this forest because there are no pine cones?)

I bet this Human scientist has never been faced with this choice before.  Have you?