Maybe it was the combination of reading one after the other

A sense of giddy enlightenment emerges from reading Jennifer Ouellette on chocolate and Carl Zimmer on tapeworms. They were the highlights of my morning browse, anyway.

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Darwin gave a lot of thought to the strangest creatures
I'm sure you'd like to pretend that you have nothing in common with a tapeworm.
As someone who writes a lot about evolutionary biology, I've often had people say to me, "I just can't believe that evolved." Originally, that referred to the lovely side of nature--the beauty of flowers, for example, or the grace of birds in flight.

Dang, I'm glad I read those in the reverse of the order you placed them :p

By TomDunlap (not verified) on 20 Feb 2007 #permalink

You know, there's probably something sinister to be said about my preferences considering that I skipped over the chocolate article, finding it uninteresting, in order to read the juicy bits about the tapeworm.

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Great job keeping on topic, Franis!
*rolls eyes*

By doctorgoo (not verified) on 20 Feb 2007 #permalink

And your point is, Franus?