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the-channigan t1_iz44h39 wrote
Reply to comment by DirkBabypunch in Did sheep fur always just endlessly grow or was that something that was selectively bred? Were they originally naturally adapted to be going through a lot of foliage and thickets and stuff that would keep their coat relatively trimmed? by EuroTraschBozos
Definitely. It’s one of the better things he has done. He is far less of a bellend in that than the other things he does.
the-channigan t1_iz0kgq1 wrote
Reply to comment by Shearlife in Did sheep fur always just endlessly grow or was that something that was selectively bred? Were they originally naturally adapted to be going through a lot of foliage and thickets and stuff that would keep their coat relatively trimmed? by EuroTraschBozos
Yeah. One of my main takeaways from the series Clarkson’s Farm was it costing more to shear the sheep than you make from sale of the wool. Madness
the-channigan t1_iuoluhy wrote
Reply to comment by MarcusMacG in Why didn't heavier atoms originate in the Big Bang? by omigodd
Just a reminder that in the paper referenced Bethe didn’t really do anything. Gamow thought it would be fun to add him in to create a whimsical reference to the three types of nuclear radiation. Alpher, the junior researcher on the paper, was not best pleased with this as he foresaw he would lose credit with two more senior eminent physicists on the author list.
the-channigan t1_j415m29 wrote
Reply to comment by 2011StlCards in Why are coastlines crinkly near the poles but smooth in the tropics? by emsot
Thank you! I was coming here to ask the question that you answered about link to lack of deep water ports in Africa and Latin America.