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Alarming animal news about certain bat penises
From Harper’s February Findings: [M]ale serotine bats who mated in the attic of a Dutch church were found to have enormous penises that they used not for penetration but for manipulation. So many questions here. Is the church attic integral … Continue reading
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Tagged bats penises, Darwin, Dutch church attic, evolution, Harper's, how bats mate, serotine bats, sex lives of bats
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I didn’t know what Vaughan Williams looked like. So…
…Wikipedia. He didn’t look as I thought he would, given his music. (I have no idea what I mean by that. I am compelled to note his haircut was…inexplicable.) Since you never know what you’ll pick up from a Wikipedia … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Darwin, creationism, evolution, On the Original of Species, Ralph Vaughn Williams, the bible
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Animal news: Another creature I didn’t want to know about
The iron-clad beetle. Is there a point at which something like this beetle can no longer be categorized as an animal, instead of a SF invention from one of those post-apocalyptic films with menacing things that can’t be destroyed? One … Continue reading
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Tagged blue whale, evolution, iron-clad beetle, New York Times, post-apocalypse, science fiction, Toyota Camry
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