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More than 50% of your body heat is lost through your head. That's why in the wintertime we wear a toque (a woolen hat).


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It seems that when seagulls peck out the eyes of tiger snakes, the snakes don't really mind. The eye-less snakes grow just as long and gain as much weight as healthy ones. They even successfully track mates. The phenomenon of remaining healthy with the loss of a major sense offers evidence for the idea that some animals may be over-designed, possessing ancestral abilities that they no longer need.
22 MAY 1999, P. 10
New Scientist
22 MAY 1999, P. 10

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