If I ever have the chance to deliver a lecture on evolution again I may just have to use this clip (from Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder);
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WOW. That is going into every class I teach.
I'm pretty sure a science lecture just isn't a science lecture without a Futurama reference these days.
Brilliant.