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Nothing personal, you're just not my type

Article Abstract:

A study of the reproductive capacity of the various extraterrestrial species that have attempted to colonize the Earth in science fiction movies suggests that few of the invading species could have thrived on Earth. Entomologist May Berenbaum and film expert Richard Leskosky conducted the research.

Author: Mirsky, Steve
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1995
Research, Humor and anecdotes, Extraterrestrial anthropology, Science fiction films, Science fiction movies

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What's wrong with this picture?: for football fans in the sunshine state, it's sometmes the game of the name

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The University of Florida football team released a media guide with a cover page featuring a large and aggressive looking alligator. It was later on found by the experts that the photograph looked like a Nile crocodile rather an alligator.

Author: Mirsky, Steve
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2003
Public affairs, Media coverage, Football teams, University of Florida

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When good hippos go bad

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The death of a French zoo director, who was in the path of a hippopotamus that suddenly charged a tractor, illustrates the nearsightedness, and sudden outbursts, to which these animals are subject.

Author: Mirsky, Steve
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
France, Behavior, Hippopotamus, Hippopotamuses

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