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  1. May I ask but is one of the guests(?) Daliso Chaponda from America’s Got Talent as well? I mean, this show is meant to be comedic so I get why he’s here if it is indeed him anyway. And also, it’s actually quite nice to see him in something outside of AGT- er- was it BGT? My mind is mixed up-

  2. This is a tough one. Normally Phill Jupitus wins the award of most annoying guest hands down. Now he's got real competition from Cariad Lloyd.

  3. I forgot this was the episode with the porcuporn in it. Seeing a new episode is always a treat, getting the XL version is the cherry on top. Thanks!

  4. Haven't watched it yet, but if they have any sense, surely "Blue Quail" is an answer on this one.

    Edit: Well there we go, first question, no time wasted.

  5. One must ask, since the left hand and right hand aren't the same, if there is a conch, or even spiral-growth seashells in general, that are the mirror-image of other members of their species? The grip could still be accomplished by turning one of the shells upside-down relative to the other one (which, I see is how the Main Dane Dame holds them, one with the tight-wound point upwards, the other with that point downwards).

    Also: narwhal tusks. Any that go the other way? There are rare narwhals that have two tusks.  15% of female narwhals have a tusk, and while 1 in 500 males has two tusks there has only been one known female to have two. A photo shows the tusks' spiral (helix) going in the same direction which is phenomenal considering that the left and right sides of the mouth OUGHT to be mirror-images of each other.

    (I've checked and at least in snails there are both directions (but within an isolated breeding group they will all eventually curl the same way because it makes mating easier) but what about other seashells?)

  6. I'm not convinced that the strategy of ejecting the joey, if the joey makes a hissing noise, is an example of BAD parenting. It may be that the predator hears the hissing, avoids it in the belief that it is a snake, and chases after the mother as the larger meal. So this could be a strategy to PROTECT the young. I mean, it's not. What it is is a gene that makes the joey hiss and the mother run away without having much of a reason to. The EFFECT of this gene is that more of the species lives on to reproduce and spread the gene that caused them to live on and reproduce. That's also true if the idea is to sacrifice the joey to save the mother. If the mother is killed all of the future joeys she WOULD have had are lost. If every time she ejects a joey it gets eaten then THOSE joeys are lost. If by the latter means fewer joeys are lost, then the genes that inspire her to do that will have a greater chance of living on and spreading. This is the EFFECT, of course. It's not anyone's INTENT. The mother is not thinking of a strategy for spreading her genes, and there's no such thing as a Mother Nature who is designing genes for the purpose of spreading themselves. Everything is an accident, and everything is trial-and-error. Genes that cause a behavior that is suicidal (and thus prevents those genes from being passed on to a 2nd generation) are just as likely as genes that cause their own propagation. It's just that the suicidal genes don't last long.

  7. That brown haired woman is a pest. Such an annoying, attentionwhoring hag. Wouldn't be a surprise if she surrendered a healthy family life to her career, at least that would explain why she acts like this.

  8. The reason there were bikes in the background of the quokka pics is the only vehicles allowed on Rottnest are a couple of cop cars and a public bus that circuits the island. The place is so small that bikes (available for hire) really are one of the best ways to get around. Also, quokkas often have lice.

  9. Yes, there was a time that Key West and the U.S. had a spat, so Key West declared themselves independent and called themselves the Conch Republic. Obviously, the U.S. didn't recognize it, and it was all rather tongue-in-cheek. But for me it raises a bigger question/concern. Parts of the United States should be allowed to secede from the Union, so long as the reason isn't to be able commit human rights violations (I'm looking at you Confederate twats). I really would love it if say California, or New York, or Hawaii, or Key West seceded. I'd immigrate as fast as possible.

  10. Once local officials decided to remove a rotting whale carcass from a Californian beach by dynamiting it first to break it up, but the ex-army explosive expert over-estimated how much was needed. Chunks of stinking whale blubber rained down on everything in the vicinity, including one bloke's brand new car!

  11. Want to save the quoll? Just get it elected. No risk of extinction, and much better looking. I had no idea Phil Jupitus had seen Australian TV; that's exactly what we sound like, watching it.

  12. I'm from the central part of the United States. We were taught to pronounce it "conch," not "conk." Maybe some parts of the United States call it a "conk," but it certainly isn't the nationwide pronunciation.

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