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Author LESLIE ANTHONY holds a PhD in Salamanderology, loves frisbee and skiing, makes films, writes musicals, and wins awards for his books and journalism.

 Whistler, B.C., Canada
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Joined September 2011
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Thought for today.Circumcision. Is it a meme? No, it’s the phenotypic manifestation of a meme residing in brains but delayed a generation. Only brains? No,in books too, in the same sense as DNA sequences can reside in books. Exactly the same sense? No. Unlike DNA the code varies.
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Industry Kills Nearly 40 Million Birds Per Year. The Trump Administration Doesn’t Think That’s Enough. bit.ly/2IypPCF
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On #EndangeredSpeciesDay DYK #invasivespecies are the second biggest threat to #biodiversity? #BCinvasivesmonth @IUCNRedList @NCC_CNC
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@NYTScience7 Mar 2017
How did squids lose their shells? nyti.ms/2n6S8fW
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Aaron Kylie@aaronkylie16 Jan 2017
features @authorwadedavis @DavidSuzukiFDN @amitchelltweets @omar_aok @docleslie @BrianBanks @fateemasayani @pkstrk @neileverosborne + MORE! teapaw.org/aaronkylie/status/8210…
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This joint proj. of @CanGeo & @walrusmagazine on newsstands today! #canada150
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We are getting close to resurrecting extinct species from preserved DNA. But should we? bit.ly/1HASQJT
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A lepospondyl dating from the Permian. Excellent write-up on the model (and critter) here: karlshuker.blogspot.com/2015… 2/2
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Be sure to say hello to the 500 species of bugs and insects you share your house with. bit.ly/1lrWpsZ
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What climate change feels like: More toxic poison ivy nyti.ms/1SLGTUb
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Replying to @Blackmudpuppy
@Blackmudpuppy Maybe the world is OK because there are still baby tuataras in it: nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/new…
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"Marine & coastal ecosystems are the Earth’s first life insurance." Turn of the tide: bit.ly/1PMaHlI #COP21
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#Potoroo sightings dubbed an environment levy success sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/ne… via @the_daily
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How did a Chinese industrial backwater end up with the largest dinosaur museum in the world? nyti.ms/1YMh3mw
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Freshwater salmon have ‘exceptional’ rebound in B.C.’s Okanagan lakes trib.al/H3kVjbF From @GlobeBC
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Aaron Kylie@aaronkylie16 Nov 2015
Kudos @discoverfossils for making @GWR book bit.ly/1HTFrZT; @docleslie wrote about #CFDC for @CanGeo Travel
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RT @TEDTalks: #Gecko feet. They're fascinating. t.ted.com/jU3kIMo
MT @NOAAClimate: Survey photos reveal damage of this year’s global coral bleaching event. climate.gov/news-features/ev…
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RT @ConservationOrg: Can you smell #deforestation? Robots can — and they might halt illegal #logging in the #Amazon. ci-intl.org/1WKohqm
RT @Reuters: Aerial view of #Amazon #rainforest, bordered by deforested land for planting. reut.rs/1Z7ZeiQ
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