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Nature 446, 253-255 (15 March 2007) | doi:10.1038/446253a; Published online 14 March 2007
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- Brendan Borrell is a freelance science writer in Arizona.
Abstract
Professional taxonomists often bristle at non-professionals who name new species without going through peer review. But are amateur naturalists really bad for science? Brendan Borrell reports.
The death adders of Australia are not adders at all. Their closest relatives are cobras and coral snakes, but early naturalists were fooled by the snakes' stout body and triangular head.
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