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Ones that got away - August 13, 2008

‘Lonely vulture finally finds love’
If you don’t go ‘ahhh’ at this BBC story you’ve got a heart of stone.

‘It's a strategy that has served them well for millions of years but is of little use in fending off a truck’.
Reuters looks at the problem of rattlesnake roadkill and it seems coiling up and shaking your tail just doesn’t cut it.

Animals with good names: the sarcastic fringehead (Hat tip: Ugly Overload)

‘A bunch of scientists over-analyze Bram Stoker's Dracula’
The A Good Poop blog rounds up the more bizarre medical papers of the world

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