NATURE'S OXYMORONS

Oxymoron: from Merriam-Webster: a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (as cruel kindness); broadly : something (as a concept) that is made up of contradictory or incongruous elements


A rare white (albino) blackbird is sighted in New Hampshire.











A giant shrimp in Texas.








A writer writes on urban biodiversity. This is where we find our oxymoron. It is not nature in the city...it is the city in Nature. We read: "Isn't "urban nature" an oxymoron? People live in cities! Nature is "in the country!" Factory farming, a newer coined industry seems rather an oxymoron to me.

Ward M. Clark writes that "Animal Rights" is an oxymoron.

Mary Chipman writes about 'responsible breeder' as an oxymoron. She stresses: "The "responsible breeder" says she is doing it for the love of the breed, for the opportunity to bring pleasure to prospective owners of the offspring, or for any number of superficially noble reasons. It really doesn't matter what the reasons are; the fact still remains that for every puppy or kitten born, there is one less chance that an animal who already exists is going to find a home. Like it or not, millions of perfectly healthy and beautiful dogs and cats are euthanized in American shelters every single year to make room for the next wave. There are only so many potential homes. As the saying goes, you do the math."

Now all of this may be the 'exact opposite' of what we may have imagined. It is a 'known secret' that Nature is full of surprises and incongruities. What I wrote may be 'old news' to you, the reade, but I 'almost never' had more fun compiling oxymorons.