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Play the silly word game my spouse and I came up with: "The Lazy Naturalist"

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"Jacob's Mamba", a name referring to a species of that clade, is derived from an eponymous Jacob, and though it fails to describe the kind of animal to which it refers, it at least succeeds in not suggesting something inaccurate. . +1 It is NOT a lion; is a fish.) - Whale shark, 1 point.

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Marine Life Top of CITES Meeting Agenda

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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or Cites that opened in the Qatari capital on Saturday will be discussing 42 proposals during the next two weeks. Interesting to see Japan and Australia united on some issues, in contrast to their conflict over whaling.

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Birding Southern Baja: Todos Santos

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It’s almost a bucolic place; sea turtles nest on the beaches, Humpback Whales and bat rays frolic just offshore, and you can buy the freshest fish from the panga fisherman at Punta Lobos every afternoon. They do bear some resemblance to Sage Thrashers , but have a much heavier, more sickle-shaped bill.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

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Dale studied scarlet macaws, and worked in their conservation, for three years in southern Costa Rica, followed by a year in the Caribbean working on Whale Sharks. Might I assume that women typically bear fewer children, or fewer survive? Davies et al. Ecological causes and reproductive conflicts. You disgust me.

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