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Live and learn. But what really bothered me about the piece (and I channeling Andy Rooney here) was this statement:
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It the family Antilocapridae, which contains only a single species, the pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana) which canada goose discount uk is, of course, native to North America, not Africa. It the canada goose jacket outlet toronto sole living representative of canada goose clothing uk what was a diverse family of artiodactyls during the Pliocene and Miocene. Here a phylogeny from the reference given at the bottom:
Note that giraffes are more closely related to whales than to camels! That would surely confuse many laypeople.
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Price, S. A., O. R. P. Bininda Emonds, and J. 2005. A complete phylogeny of canada goose outlet washington dc the whales, dolphins and even toed hoofed mammals (Cetartiodactyla). Biological Review: 80: 445 473.
Agreed. Sloppy language in this case reflects sloppy thinking, and must be rooted out at every opportunity (not nitpicking). I see this all the time in college biology students who seem to fail to grasp the tree of life (maybe it my fault!). (the students meant to say that the trait evolved independently in the two lineages and was not inherited from a common ancestor).
canada goose uk shop () has a Greek origin, not a Latin one. It is a compound term from two Greek words, which is and which means There a Latinised version, taken from Greek, but the origin remains most definitely Greek ( and are meaningless terms in Latin, but still mean the same thing in Modern Greek). canada goose uk shop
canada goose outlet Greeks seem to have quickly acquired a reputation for being irresponsible, unlike those hardworking Germans who are bailing them out, so let us at least not begrudge them their ancient contributions.
I worked a few years at the Copenhagen University. The very same okapi is stuffed in the Zoological Museum Copenhagen. Upon learning how it had died I also was willing to bet my ass that it was the ride of the Valkyries, but my operatic sources told canada goose outlet in new york it was the Tannhuser overture.
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