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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Language mismatch
In a science article I was struck by a description. The text referred
to mouse lemurs as "saucer-eyed, teacup-sized primates". I love the
dissonance in the description. (In case it's not obvious: saucers are
larger than teacups.)