http://masonposner.com/afisheyeview/2009/01/darwin-150-years-later/ blogging about comparative physiology with some marine and regional flavor Wed, 15 Dec 2010 03:15:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://masonposner.com/afisheyeview/2009/01/darwin-150-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-95 emma townshend Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:10:10 +0000 http://masonposner.com/afisheyeview/?p=253#comment-95 I second the niceness thing. I have been researching a book coming out later this year about Darwin and his pets and some of the letters about his dogs are almost too cute... And when he started studying pigeons, at one point he writes to a colleague for help because he can't bear to kill them, even though he needs to study the anatomy.. he really was a nice man, in the best sense. I second the niceness thing. I have been researching a book coming out later this year about Darwin and his pets and some of the letters about his dogs are almost too cute… And when he started studying pigeons, at one point he writes to a colleague for help because he can’t bear to kill them, even though he needs to study the anatomy.. he really was a nice man, in the best sense.

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