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Evolution study focuses on snail
news.bbc ^
| 30 March 2009
Posted on 03/30/2009 10:11:35 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Members of the public across Europe are being asked to look in their gardens or local green spaces for banded snails as part of a UK-led evolutionary study. The Open University says its Evolution MegaLab will be one of the largest evolutionary studies ever undertaken. Scientists believe the research could show how the creatures have evolved in the past 40 years to reflect changes in temperature and their predators. The six-month study, starting in April, will ask people to submit data online.
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TOPICS: Food; Gardening; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: evolution; snail
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03/30/2009 10:13:59 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
That Gary is ONE SMART SNAIL!
To: Dick Bachert
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03/30/2009 10:18:11 AM PDT
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RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Obama dozed.....people froze.)
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03/30/2009 10:25:47 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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03/30/2009 10:27:03 AM PDT
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RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Obama dozed.....people froze.)
To: Dick Bachert
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03/30/2009 10:27:49 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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03/30/2009 10:29:47 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/30/2009 10:30:03 AM PDT
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a fool in paradise
("I certainly hope he (Bush) doesnÂ’t succeed" - Democratic strategist James Carville 9-11-2001)
To: a fool in paradise
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03/30/2009 10:30:44 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: a fool in paradise
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03/30/2009 10:33:50 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Q: What did the Union worker say when he stepped on the snail?
A: Sucker's been following be around all day.
To: JoeProBono
[punchline] ...six months later there’s a knock at the front door. The guy opens it, the same snail is there, and sez, “What the hell was that about?”
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03/30/2009 4:40:41 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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03/30/2009 4:54:42 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
[punchline] ...six months later there’s a knock at the front door. The guy opens it, the same snail is there, and sez, “What the hell was that about?”
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03/30/2009 4:55:45 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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