No Such Thing As A Fish

No Such Thing As Wasted Material 2017

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Dec 29, 2017
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INSIGHT

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.
INSIGHT

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.
ANECDOTE

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.
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