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Five things about animal taxonomy that may or may not surprise you.

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Five things about animal taxonomy that may or may not surprise you.
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Five things about animal taxonomy that may or may not surprise you.
March 15, 2015 at 7:04 pm
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RE: Five things about animal taxonomy that may or may not surprise you.
March 15, 2015 at 7:43 pm
Are pumas, mountain lions, and cougars all the same thing ?

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RE: Five things about animal taxonomy that may or may not surprise you.
March 21, 2015 at 4:01 pm
Linnean taxonomy is in DESPERATE need of replacement. It is predicated on the view that species are absolutes, rather than genetic ranges. Basically, it assumes creation, not evolution. I had to build a database for all ungulate, primate and carnivore species, then another for all their diseases and parasites. I finally created a translation table, to turn old names into new names, so I could update it yearly.Freaking NIGHTMARE.
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RE: Five things about animal taxonomy that may or may not surprise you.
March 21, 2015 at 6:04 pm (This post was last modified: March 21, 2015 at 6:09 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
Some of your information seems outdated. New World vultures are now classed as more closely related to Accipitriformes than to Ciconiiformes.

On a somewhat related note, New Zealand is home to the world's largest parrot. It is alpine, about as intelligent as the corvids, and nests on the ground. How cool is THAT??

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RE: Five things about animal taxonomy that may or may not surprise you.
March 23, 2015 at 6:30 am
I noticed that there is an odd tendency to name primates after mythical devils....there are baal, moloch and even an asomodeus - know any?
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RE: Five things about animal taxonomy that may or may not surprise you.
March 24, 2015 at 2:04 am
To fuck with the creationists.
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RE: Five things about animal taxonomy that may or may not surprise you.
March 24, 2015 at 2:47 am (This post was last modified: March 24, 2015 at 2:49 am by Whateverist.)
(March 21, 2015 at 6:04 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Some of your information seems outdated. New World vultures are now classed as more closely related to Accipitriformes than to Ciconiiformes.

On a somewhat related note, New Zealand is home to the world's largest parrot. It is alpine, about as intelligent as the corvids, and nests on the ground. How cool is THAT??

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The Kea? It eats meat, doesn't it?
Which is more likely - that life forms adapted to deep ocean vents arose entirely separately from everything else - or - that one or the other arose first and gave rise to the other?
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RE: Five things about animal taxonomy that may or may not surprise you.
March 24, 2015 at 3:24 am
Great Thread!
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March 24, 2015 at 3:54 am
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RE: Five things about animal taxonomy that may or may not surprise you.
March 24, 2015 at 4:14 am
(March 24, 2015 at 2:47 am)whateverist Wrote:
(March 21, 2015 at 6:04 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Some of your information seems outdated. New World vultures are now classed as more closely related to Accipitriformes than to Ciconiiformes.

On a somewhat related note, New Zealand is home to the world's largest parrot. It is alpine, about as intelligent as the corvids, and nests on the ground. How cool is THAT??

Boru

The Kea? It eats meat, doesn't it?
Which is more likely - that life forms adapted to deep ocean vents arose entirely separately from everything else - or - that one or the other arose first and gave rise to the other?

Yup, they were very nearly hunted to extinction for killing sheep.

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