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"
And
there
’
s
certainly
intelligence
there
,
of
a
kind
.
Have
you
noticed
that
when
they
attack
they
always
go
for
the
unprotected
parts
?
Almost
always
the
head
—
but
sometimes
the
hands
.
And
another
thing
:
if
you
look
at
the
statistics
of
casualties
,
just
take
notice
of
the
proportion
that
has
been
stung
across
the
eyes
and
blinded
.
It
’
s
remarkable
—
and
significant
.
"
"
Of
what
?
"
I
asked
.
"
Of
the
fact
that
they
know
what
is
the
surest
way
to
put
a
man
out
of
action
—
in
other
words
,
they
know
what
they
’
re
doing
.
Look
at
it
this
way
.
Granted
that
they
do
have
intelligence
;
then
that
would
leave
us
with
only
one
important
superiority
—
sight
.
We
can
see
,
and
they
can
’
t
.
Take
away
our
vision
,
and
the
superiority
is
gone
.
Worse
than
that
—
our
position
becomes
inferior
to
theirs
,
because
they
are
adapted
to
a
sightless
existence
and
we
are
not
.
"
"
But
even
if
that
were
so
,
they
can
’
t
do
things
.
They
can
’
t
handle
things
.
There
’
s
very
little
muscular
strength
in
that
sting
lash
,
"
I
pointed
out
,
"
True
,
but
what
’
s
the
good
of
our
ability
to
handle
things
if
we
can
’
t
see
what
to
do
with
them
?
Anyway
,
they
don
’
t
need
to
handle
things
—
not
in
the
way
we
do
.
They
can
get
their
nourishment
direct
from
the
soil
,
or
from
insects
and
bits
of
raw
meat
.
They
don
’
t
have
to
go
through
all
the
complicated
business
of
growing
things
,
distributing
them
,
and
usually
cooking
them
as
well
.
In
fact
,
if
it
were
a
choice
for
survival
between
a
triffid
and
a
blind
man
,
I
know
which
I
’
d
put
my
money
on
.
"
You
’
re
assuming
equal
intelligence
,
"
I
said
.
"
Not
at
all
.
I
don
’
t
need
to
.
I
should
imagine
it
’
s
likely
to
be
an
altogether
different
type
of
intelligence
,
U
only
because
their
needs
are
so
much
simpler
.
Look
at
the
complex
processes
we
have
to
use
to
get
an
assimilable
extract
from
a
triffid
.
Now
reverse
that
.
What
does
the
triffid
have
to
do
?
Just
sting
us
,
wait
a
few
days
.
and
then
begin
to
assimilate
us
.
The
simple
,
natural
course
of
things
He
would
go
on
like
that
by
the
hour
until
listening
to
him
would
have
me
getting
things
out
of
proportion
and
I
’
d
find
myself
thinking
of
the
triffids
as
though
they
were
some
kind
of
competitor
.
Walter
himself
never
pretended
to
think
otherwise
.
He
had
,
he
admitted
,
thought
of
writing
a
book
on
that
very
aspect
of
the
subject
when
he
had
gathered
more
material
.
