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Flat-tailed horned lizard gets boost from Arizona judge
November 05, 2009 01:11PM
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2009/11/flattailed-horned-lizard-gets-boost-from-arizona-judge.html
Since 1993, the agency has withdrawn three proposals to list the lizard on the grounds it was hard to find and, therefore, difficult to classify as threatened.
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November 05, 2009 01:22PM
"Yes. We can't tell if it's rare or not because it's so hard to find one so let's assume it's not rare."

What a load of neoconcrap.



Old Dude
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November 05, 2009 04:23PM
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mrcondron
"Yes. We can't tell if it's rare or not because it's so hard to find one so let's assume it's not rare."

What a load of neoconcrap.


One of the major reasons that they can not see the obvious is that the white hood obscures their vision.
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November 05, 2009 04:26PM
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szalkowski
One of the major reasons that they can not see the obvious is that the white hood obscures their vision.

Maybe if they cut some holes for their eyes...
avatar Re: Flat-tailed horned lizard gets boost from Arizona judge
November 05, 2009 04:38PM
Then they could see. Who wants that?



Old Dude
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November 05, 2009 04:58PM
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mrcondron
Then they could see. Who wants that?

But if they opened their eyes...
avatar Re: Flat-tailed horned lizard gets boost from Arizona judge
November 05, 2009 05:04PM
They probably still wouldn't see.



Old Dude
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November 05, 2009 05:06PM
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mrcondron
They probably still wouldn't see.

Light comes in but nothing gets processed?
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November 06, 2009 06:57AM
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mrcondron
"Yes. We can't tell if it's rare or not because it's so hard to find one so let's assume it's not rare."

Perhaps that explains why we so rarely see Dodo birds, Carrier Passenger pigeons and dinosaurs!



The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
-- Carl Sagan




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/06/2009 08:13AM by Frank Furter.
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November 05, 2009 11:47PM
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November 05, 2009 11:50PM
Vince, you've made my point.



Old Dude
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November 06, 2009 07:25AM
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