Comments on: The moral of this story holds in so many contexts http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2008/04/07/the-moral-of-the-story-holds-in-so-many-contexts/ Bryan O'Sullivan's blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Philip Dorrell http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2008/04/07/the-moral-of-the-story-holds-in-so-many-contexts/comment-page-1/#comment-189231 Philip Dorrell Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:18:33 +0000 http://www.serpentine.com/blog/2008/04/07/the-moral-of-the-story-holds-in-so-many-contexts/#comment-189231 Bryan, you are not alone in solving a scientific mystery caused by some animal doing something when you are not looking. I know two examples: * Scientists had trouble finding the cause of dust allergies, because the dust mites ran away while they were preparing the slides. * DNA testing showed that half of wild chimpanzee babies have out-of-troop fathers, even though scientists observing the troop never saw the mothers getting together with the alleged fathers. Bryan, you are not alone in solving a scientific mystery caused by some animal doing something when you are not looking. I know two examples:

* Scientists had trouble finding the cause of dust allergies, because the dust mites ran away while they were preparing the slides.

* DNA testing showed that half of wild chimpanzee babies have out-of-troop fathers, even though scientists observing the troop never saw the mothers getting together with the alleged fathers.

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