I really do hope
This is how scientists go about naming every thing....
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The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!,
Mon 19 Nov 2007, 22:46,
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it looks like they had a blast!
:D
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discomeats This canoe,
Mon 19 Nov 2007, 22:49,
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blast blast blast!
blast!
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head-doctor ololololo,
Mon 19 Nov 2007, 22:50,
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Not always.
Sometimes the thinking goes:
"I've spent 3 years in the lab, grinding up insects and running electricity through meaty jellies, so I'm damn well going to call this gene 'Sonic The Hedgehog' even though it has nothing to do with Sonic.
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The Alchemist king of the needlessly complicated,
Mon 19 Nov 2007, 22:50,
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