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Extreme Tongue Adaptations
- The tube-lipped nectar bat has a tongue 1.5 times its body length, beating pangolins for relative tongue size.
- Unusual animal anatomy often ties to specialized diets and co-evolved flowers.
Reading Elephant Trunk Signals
- Elephant trunk position signals intent: a protruding trunk is often a bluff, while a relaxed/down trunk can precede a true charge.
- Interpreting animal body language helps assess real danger versus display behavior.
Pompeii's Brothels And Lost Scrolls
- Speaker 0 recounts visiting Pompeii and seeing brothel walls decorated with sexual scenes as visual menus.
- He notes preserved scrolls exist but many remain unreadable until better x-ray techniques reveal ink traces.