Re: Vulture warm up

[Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com>]

Dan Chure writes:
 > >> So -- refresh my memory -- where do parrots fit in?
 > >
 > > Ha! Ha! Heheh! Harrrr!!!
 > >
 > > Nobody knows. They jump around and like sitting in
 > > polytomies. Wait 10 years, and they might have settled down, or
 > > not.
 >
 > "like sitting in polytomies" --- very nice phrase.  This should be
 > formalized, maybe in latin, as the term could widely used in
 > phylogenetic analysis.

Actually, if we're talking about parrots, should that be pollytomies?

I'll get my coat.

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