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James Hrynyshyn is a freelance science journalist based in western North Carolina, where he tries to put degrees in marine biology and journalism to good use.
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Posted on: December 7, 2007 11:35 AM, by James Hrynyshyn
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Is extinction instinctive?
These monkeys are assiduous planners bent on finding out.
Posted by: Skeptic8 | December 8, 2007 3:06 PM
First one is looking like Bush'ss .. :)
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Posted by: sean | May 22, 2008 6:01 PM