I grew up in Tennessee under the Scopes law that did not allow the teaching of evolutionary theory in public schools. I went to a private high school and was exposed to it rather early. It is a fascinating subject. The more I learn about it the more fascinating it becomes. I used aquatic invertebrates (Cladocera) in my graduate school research of evolutionary theory and ecology. They were not all warm and fuzzy and were not very good to eat, but nobody gave me grief when I killed several thousand of them every day. I think I had over 9 million just for my Master's thesis, and that was only the beginning. PETA would have had hissy fits if they only knew.
