http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/08/turning-corpse-eaters-and-blood-suckers-into-census-takers/ A science salon hosted by National Geographic Magazine Sat, 25 May 2013 04:21:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2-alpha http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/08/turning-corpse-eaters-and-blood-suckers-into-census-takers/#comment-38476 cy kennen Sun, 13 Jan 2013 04:07:31 +0000 http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/?p=149841#comment-38476 Can this method be used slightly more broadly, to identify unknown species? From a large-enough sample of parasitic insect guts, we could surely mark all mammals, for example, and see if there’s any that science doesn’t “know” – and though the methodology would never be trusted by true believers, we could save the cryptozoologists a lot of trouble. What an exciting field for young bio-statisticians.

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