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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 03/02/2011 : 07:21:28
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We are being viciously attacked by the Orinthologists! Soon, they will be joined by the Mammogramers, and perhaps even the Ichthyologists, although they are usually on our side. Treacherous bastards, those Ichthyologists.
| Unfortunately, his cladogram is wrong. Mammals should also be a subset of the reptiles, so the herpetologists should be demanding that all other amniotes be absorbed into their more inclusive field of tetrapod biology. |
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Edited by - filthy on 03/02/2011 08:03:52
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13476 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2011 : 09:39:31 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
We are being viciously attacked by the Orinthologists! Soon, they will be joined by the Mammogramers, and perhaps even the Ichthyologists, although they are usually on our side. Treacherous bastards, those Ichthyologists.
| Unfortunately, his cladogram is wrong. Mammals should also be a subset of the reptiles, so the herpetologists should be demanding that all other amniotes be absorbed into their more inclusive field of tetrapod biology. |
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Gee. And I thought off of the various experts in whatever they are expert in were in complete agreement over placement.
Cladistics is a dirty game, though an extremely useful one, and someone (like just about everyone in biology) must play it...
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Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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Ebone4rock
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 03/02/2011 : 10:14:03 [Permalink]
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I once went to the herpetologist to have a dictator looked at. Fortunately it was just an ingrown hair.
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Haole with heart, thats all I'll ever be. I'm not a part of the North Shore society. Stuck on the shoulder, that's where you'll find me. Digging for scraps with the kooks in line. -Offspring |
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Herpetologists of the world, UNITE!
