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    therussian's Avatar Use your imagination
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    Default Great tits cope well with warming

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7390109.stm


    Now, I do believe that the adaptation of these great tits to the ongoing change in our climate really strengthens Darwin's theory of evolution, but I think that....ha...sorry. I can't go on any more.

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    Those are great tits, indeed.

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    Fine specimens, if I may say so myself. I'd be proud to have a pair of them for myself.

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    I don't get it.
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    unfunny

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    Quote Originally Posted by RZZZA View Post
    unfunny
    Yes, and disappointing ...


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    Default Re: Great tits cope well with warming

    This is a misleading thread title.

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    Default Re: Great tits cope well with warming

    Quote Originally Posted by Anachronist View Post
    This is a misleading thread title.
    How is it misleading? That is the title of the article. If you don't know what a great tit is, you don't belong in the Athenaeum.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Octy View Post
    How is it misleading? That is the title of the article. If you don't know what a great tit is, you don't belong in the Athenaeum.
    Not really fair, to non-native speakers it may be a little confusing.. In my native tongue that bird is named after a cabbage.

    In any case, glad to hear that great tits are coping well with the climate change. I had a couple nesting in my back yard, and they're very entertaining birds to watch.

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    unFUNNNNAAAAYYYYY

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    Those tits look so cute. I just want to grab them and lovingly stroke them.

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    the one on the left looks a little saggy, probably the runt.


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    SO disappointed.

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    I thought implants...

    That was funny, though.
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    Great Tits may be benefiting from climate change but populations of many other birds, such as Boobies, are becoming deflated.

    Researchers Track Boobies for Climate Change Data

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    Is funny cos you said tits and it is bird not mammary glands of stout woman.




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    Oh my god I never thought of it like that that is so funny haha.
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    I knew it was about the birds, but deep down, I was hoping...
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    Default Re: Great tits cope well with warming

    ...and it's going to get funnier as the hit count rises.

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    I thought it was quite amusing.

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