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Discovery News: Animal Suicide Sheds Light on Human Behavior.

”Organisms of all sorts are known to self-destruct in one way or another, usually in order to protect their relatives — and so to save their genes.” One’s mind runs to lemmings, but that dogs and other animals would do so ... that’s new to me.  That horribly abused animals might have a voluntary ‘out’, actually brightens my perceptions. 

03/11/10 • 12:09 PM • Nature • Psychology • Science • (2) Comments

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Lemmings don’t actually - you can thank Disney for that one.

Posted by Emmett on 03/11/10 at 11:10 PM

Ill-spent youth, overdosing on popcorn and Walt.

Posted by Garret P Vreeland on 03/12/10 at 12:37 AM

 

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