THINGS TO SAY TO A TAXONOMIST:
- "immediately make it a new family"
- "name it elegans"
- "sell me this holotype"
- "i brought my own maximum likelihood tree"
- "what are your intentions with my phylogenies?"
Tried wearing a hat today, but everyone saw through the charade and noticed iโm not a hat guy.
Children pointed and laughed, the bold among them even threw rocks at me.
Thereโs something almost chilling about peoplesโ yards this time of year. Pumpkins, tombstonesโฆ Even literal skeletons. And so many of us never stop to ask ourselves why.