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In 1929, the most important article in the history of zoology was published

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This honor goes to the above blurb from Modern Mechanics magazine (click to enlarge), wherein naturalist Harry C. Ostrander foisted blatant pro-Babar propaganda upon an unsuspecting audience. Duplicitous trunked pretender! For more old-school taxonomic comedy, see J.W. Buel’s biological tableaus of humans being disemboweled by fauna of fin and foot.

https://gizmodo.com/this-gruesome-1889-biology-book-outlined-the-many-ways-5907479

[Via Modern Mechanix]

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