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By clock on November 27, 2006.

Opposites Do Not Attract, Parrot Study Finds:

A study conducted at the University of California, Irvine, found that a female budgerigar prefers to mate with a male that sounds like her.

Dragonfly's Metabolic Disease Provides Clues About Human Obesity:

Parasite-infected dragonflies suffer the same metabolic disorders that have led to an epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes in humans.

Wild Gorillas Carriers Of A SIV Virus Close To The AIDS Virus:

A recent article in Nature reports the discovery of gorillas living in the wild in Central Africa infected with an HIV-1 related virus, called SIVgor, genetically close to an HIV-1 variant called O found in humans

'Nymph Of The Sea' Reveals Remarkable Brood :

Geologists from the United Kingdom and the United States have made an unusual discovery from over 425 million years ago ... hard boiled eggs! The scientists discovered the mother complete with her brood of some 20 eggs and 2 possible juveniles inside, together with other details of her soft parts.

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