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longship

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2. The Grants are awesome!

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Thu Nov 23, 2017, 08:15 PM

Nov 2017

Their story, and that of the Galapagos finches that they've studied for decades, was told in the mid-90's.

The Beak of the Finch
A highly recommended read. It's an astounding story.

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Galapagos finches caught in act of becoming new species [View all] Cattledog Nov 2017 OP

Very interesting. At first it sounded as if this was just a case of a hybrid bird. Nitram Nov 2017 #1

The Grants are awesome! longship Nov 2017 #2

Finches are outstanding little guys. Love us some finches. Judi Lynn Nov 2017 #3

I read something similar about beak length but not new species. gvstn Nov 2017 #4