"While on an expedition in the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean, with a group of naturalists, Rick wandered off with his Dominican friend Rubio to look for wildlife in the forest. 'Suddenly,' says Rick, 'we heard a loud squeaking'. Rubio was the first to discover its source - a distressed Hispaniolan treefrog, which had been caught by a green vine snake. 'I photographed the drama as the frog dangled in front of me, but Rubio was unable to resist helping the victim and gently touched the snake, which promptly dropped its meal and slithered away along the branches.' The frog, seemingly unaffected by the snake's mild venom, hopped off. Rick was left wondering whether it would have been morally better to let the snake have its meal - and, indeed, if it would have succeeded in swallowing such a large frog had it been left to try."
Thus reads the caption to The Dilemma, a picture taken by Rick Stanley of the United States which last week won him the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition organized by the British Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine (Hit this link to view the picture - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/OnlineGallery/Photo.jsp?photo=2244).
This column is not concerned with photography, nor is it with the fates of the frog or the snake. But this story and, in particular, the photographer's moral reflections reminded me of a question from a reader who inquired some time before whether word 'amoral' is the same as 'immoral'. At the time, I was able to give a straightforward reply dictionary-wise, but I did not have a good example to help illustrate the point. I think I have a good example now, thanks to Rick's dilemma.
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