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Wild Dogs Sneeze When They Are Ready to Hunt

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Clear out the sinuses to make ready for tracking game. Makes sense. I sneeze when the sun gets in my eyes. This may be one of those useless mutations though.

This is quite common - and variations on that too; I have a friend who sneezes when she eats, and another friend who sneezes when he becomes aroused, I'd say these mutations are more useless :)

Re: Wild Dogs Sneeze When They Are Ready to Hunt

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post #12

Clear out the sinuses to make ready for tracking game. Makes sense. I sneeze when the sun gets in my eyes. This may be one of those useless mutations though.

This is quite common - and variations on that too; I have a friend who sneezes when she eats, and another friend who sneezes when he becomes aroused, I'd say these mutations are more useless :)

Sorry for going slightly off-topic, but that's a hilarious mental image.

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I'm shocked that the article, which started out as an interesting and fact-based history of the genesis of health insurance, ran head-on into an opinionated rant about the social consequences of a private system. Actually, I'm not. This is why the Gray Lady is breathing its last gasps.... fiscally speaking. As a constitutionalist, it's offensive to me that the NYT feels the need to lecture me on what is good and what is bad. Manhattan and San Fran values do not represent the other 2/3rd's of our nation... but you cannot tell that, from the NYT.
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