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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.

Industry Kills Nearly 40 Million Birds Per Year. The Trump Administration Doesn’t Think That’s Enough. bit.ly/2IypPCF

On #EndangeredSpeciesDay DYK #invasivespecies are the second biggest threat to #biodiversity? #BCinvasivesmonth @IUCNRedList @NCC_CNC

How did squids lose their shells? nyti.ms/2n6S8fW

features @authorwadedavis @DavidSuzukiFDN @amitchelltweets @omar_aok @docleslie @BrianBanks @fateemasayani @pkstrk @neileverosborne + MORE! twitter.com/aaronkylie/sta…

We are getting close to resurrecting extinct species from preserved DNA. But should we? bit.ly/1HASQJT

@amphibs A lepospondyl dating from the Permian. Excellent write-up on the model (and critter) here: karlshuker.blogspot.com/2015/10/deeply… 2/2

Be sure to say hello to the 500 species of bugs and insects you share your house with. bit.ly/1lrWpsZ

What climate change feels like: More toxic poison ivy nyti.ms/1SLGTUb

@Blackmudpuppy Maybe the world is OK because there are still baby tuataras in it: nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news…

"Marine & coastal ecosystems are the Earth’s first life insurance." Turn of the tide: bit.ly/1PMaHlI #COP21

#Potoroo sightings dubbed an environment levy success sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/potoroo-s… via @the_daily

How did a Chinese industrial backwater end up with the largest dinosaur museum in the world? nyti.ms/1YMh3mw

Freshwater salmon have ‘exceptional’ rebound in B.C.’s Okanagan lakes trib.al/H3kVjbF From @GlobeBC

Kudos @discoverfossils for making @GWR book bit.ly/1HTFrZT; @docleslie wrote about #CFDC for @CanGeo Travel

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/…

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