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2016年2月24日星期三
Dodos were not so dumb after all
The dodo is an extinct fligntless bird,whose name has become synonymous with stupidity.But it turns out that the dodo was no bird brain, but instead a reasonably brainy bird.


2016年2月22日星期一
Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning
Amnesic shellfish Poisoning (ASP) is a potentially deadly illness caused by the toxin domoic acid. Domoic acid is produced by the diatom pseudo-nitzschia, an algae species, and shellfish that eat this algae bioaccumulate domoic acid. In 1987, there was a major outbreak of amnesic shellfish poisoning from the consumption of contaminated mussels resulting in over a hundred human cases with several deaths.
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