{"id":134681,"date":"2012-05-24T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T06:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/?p=134681"},"modified":"2012-05-22T12:15:19","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T10:15:19","slug":"combate-entre-los-arboles-en-el-parrafo-centesimo-cuarto-de-el-origen-de-las-especies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/2012\/05\/24\/134681","title":{"rendered":"Combate, un poema oculto entre los \u00e1rboles en el p\u00e1rrafo cent\u00e9simo cuarto de El Origen de las Especies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_y7ck2In2RM4\/S6LijlgmGtI\/AAAAAAAABS0\/gpRS8TO5le8\/s320\/Paisaje%2520con%2520arboles%2520y%2520sendero.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"258\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Este p\u00e1rrafo, de haber estado en verso, podr\u00eda haber ganado, por su alto contenido l\u00edrico,\u00a0 un concurso de poemas.\u00a0 Veamos:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Su t\u00edtulo, sin duda: <strong>Struggle<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>What a struggle must have gone on during long centuries<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em> between the  several kinds of trees, <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>each annually scattering its seeds by the  thousand; <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>what war between insect and insect<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>between insects, snails,  and other animals with birds and beasts of prey<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>all striving to  increase, all feeding on each other, <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>or on the trees, their seeds and  seedlings, <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>or on the other plants which first clothed the ground <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>and  thus checked the growth of the trees. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Throw up a handful of feathers, <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>and all fall to the ground according to definite laws; <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>but how simple is  the problem <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>where each shall fall compared to that of the action and  reaction <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>of the innumerable plants and animals which have determined, <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>in  the course of centuries, the proportional numbers and kinds of trees <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>now growing on the old Indian ruins!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Poema:\u00a0 <strong>Lucha <\/strong>por Charles Darwin. Traducci\u00f3n: Google translate.\u00a0 Advertencia:\u00a0 El poema pierde parte de su calidad literaria por la traducci\u00f3n. Se recomienda leerlo en ingl\u00e9s. El contenido cient\u00edfico es, en ambos casos,\u00a0 dudoso.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u00a1Qu\u00e9 lucha debe de haberse efectuado durante largos siglos <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>entre las  diferentes especies de \u00e1rboles <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>esparciendo cada uno sus semillas por  millares! <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u00a1Qu\u00e9 guerra entre insectos e insectos, <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>entre insectos,  caracoles y otros animales <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>y las aves y mam\u00edferos de presa, esforz\u00e1ndose  todos por aumentar, <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>aliment\u00e1ndose todos unos de otros, o de los  \u00e1rboles, <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>sus semillas y pimpollos, o de otras plantas que cubrieron  antes el suelo <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>e impidieron as\u00ed el crecimiento de los \u00e1rboles! <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u00c9chese al aire un pu\u00f1ado de plumas, <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>y todas caen al suelo, seg\u00fan  leyes definidas; <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>pero \u00a1qu\u00e9 sencillo es el problema de c\u00f3mo caer\u00e1 cada  una <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>comparado con el de la acci\u00f3n y reacci\u00f3n de las innumerables plantas  y animales <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>que han determinado en el transcurso de siglos <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>los n\u00fameros  proporcionales y las clases de \u00e1rboles<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em> que crecen actualmente en las  antiguas ruinas indias!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>104.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In the case of every species, many different checks, acting at different periods of life, and during different seasons or years, probably come into play; some one check or some few being generally the most potent, but all will concur in determining the average number, or even the existence of the species. In some cases it can be shown that widely-different checks act on the same species in different districts. When we look at the plants and bushes clothing an entangled bank, we are tempted to attribute their proportional numbers and kinds to what we call chance. But how false a view is this! Every one has heard that when an American forest is cut down, a very different vegetation springs up; but it has been observed that ancient Indian ruins in the Southern United  States, which must formerly have been cleared of trees, now display the same beautiful diversity and proportion of kinds as in the surrounding virgin forests. What a struggle must have gone on during long centuries between the several kinds of trees, each annually scattering its seeds by the thousand; what war between insect and insect\u2014between insects, snails, and other animals with birds and beasts of prey\u2014all striving to increase, all feeding on each other, or on the trees, their seeds and seedlings, or on the other plants which first clothed the ground and thus checked the growth of the trees. Throw up a handful of feathers, and all fall to the ground according to definite laws; but how simple is the problem where each shall fall compared to that of the action and reaction of the innumerable plants and animals which have determined, in the course of centuries, the proportional numbers and kinds of trees now growing on the old Indian ruins!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em> En cada especie probablemente entran en juego muchos obst\u00e1culos diferentes, obrando en diferentes per\u00edodos de la vida y durante diferentes estaciones o a\u00f1os, siendo por lo general un obst\u00e1culo, o unos pocos, los m\u00e1s poderosos, pero concurriendo todos a determinar el promedio de individuos y aun la existencia de la especie. En algunos casos puede demostrarse que obst\u00e1culos muy diferentes act\u00faan sobre la misma especie en diferentes regiones. Cuando contemplamos las plantas y arbustos que cubren una intrincada ladera estamos tentados de atribuir sus clases y n\u00famero relativo a lo que llamamos casualidad. Pero \u00a1cu\u00e1n err\u00f3nea opini\u00f3n es \u00e9sta! Todo el mundo ha o\u00eddo que cuando se desmonta un bosque americano surge una vegetaci\u00f3n muy diferente; pero se ha observado que las antiguas ruinas de los indios en los Estados Unidos del Sur, que debieron de estar antiguamente desembarazadas de \u00e1rboles, muestran ahora la misma diversidad y proporci\u00f3n de especies que la selva virgen que los rodea. \u00a1Qu\u00e9 lucha debe de haberse efectuado durante largos siglos entre las diferentes especies de \u00e1rboles esparciendo cada uno sus semillas por millares! \u00a1Qu\u00e9 guerra entre insectos e insectos, entre insectos, caracoles y otros animales y las aves y mam\u00edferos de presa, esforz\u00e1ndose todos por aumentar, aliment\u00e1ndose todos unos de otros, o de los \u00e1rboles, sus semillas y pimpollos, o de otras plantas que cubrieron antes el suelo e impidieron as\u00ed el crecimiento de los \u00e1rboles! \u00c9chese al aire un pu\u00f1ado de plumas, y todas caen al suelo, seg\u00fan leyes definidas; pero \u00a1qu\u00e9 sencillo es el problema de c\u00f3mo caer\u00e1 cada una comparado con el de la acci\u00f3n y reacci\u00f3n de las innumerables plantas y animales que han determinado en el transcurso de siglos los n\u00fameros proporcionales y las clases de \u00e1rboles que crecen actualmente en las antiguas ruinas indias!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Imagen de La hora bruja, acompa\u00f1a al poema titulado <a href=\"http:\/\/lahorabruja2010.blogspot.com.es\/2010\/03\/aguantaba-sin-fuerzas-la-pelea.html\">Aguantaba sin fuerzas la pelea<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Este p\u00e1rrafo, de haber estado en verso, podr\u00eda haber ganado, por su alto contenido l\u00edrico,\u00a0 un concurso de poemas.\u00a0 Veamos: &nbsp; Su t\u00edtulo, sin duda: Struggle: What a struggle must have gone on during long centuries between the several kinds of trees, each annually scattering its seeds by the thousand; what war between insect and insect between insects, snails, and other animals with birds and beasts of prey all striving to increase, all feeding on each other, or on the trees, their seeds and seedlings, or on the other plants which first clothed the ground and thus checked the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[467,6726],"tags":[14300],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":4}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134681"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134681"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134783,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134681\/revisions\/134783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/biologia_pensamiento\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}