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sunshineislandsaltywaves asked: hey, thanks for answering my question
are you okay with not making a lot of money, since you are doing what you love?
and what do you mean "until you reach big-shot-consultancy-level" ? what does that mean?
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Chimpanzee's pee-nut success →
zoo-logic: Orang-utans and corvidae such as the rook have already met the challenge with 100% success. But how would chimpanzees, gorillas and human children fare against the challenge of a treat placed in the bottom of a tube, requiring the addition of water (or displacing of water by stones) to bring it to the top? Gorillas displayed the worst response, with not a single one able to complete...
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sexy.action.planet: A Dolphin Debate →
sexyactionplanet: This morning in my inbox I found an email linking me to a petition to save bottlenose dolphins from a life in captivity. A pod of 25 dolphins were caught off the Solomon Islands for a luxury resort in Singapore. Resorts World Sentosa. These are the same guys that wanted to have a live…  Read the post, join the debate!
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The number of followers I have...
…somewhat resembles the Battle of Hastings. Say what?
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So, we were all wrong...
… when I got to work today, Karen, another colleague Ling, and I all spent a good few minutes discussing the actual species of that fish. It reminded me of our geeky ID surface intervals. We got the book out, and good old ‘Reef Fish Identification: Tropical Pacific’ and the horse’s mouth [so to speak ;)] declare victory on the …. Banded Toadfish (Halophyme...
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The Virgin Crayfish
** PARTHENOGENESIS: This is how arthropods are going to take over the world.** In what appears to be a biological first, researchers have discovered an invasive crayfish that can produce little nippers without sperm from a male. Czech scientists were surprised to find that female spiny-cheek crayfish, a North American species that has become a pest in European waterways, were capable of...
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