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		<description><![CDATA[Cryptozoologists like to discuss, and often argue, about what extinct or living species cryptids belong to. The arguments can get quite heated concerning Bigfoot. Is Bigfoot Homo erectus, or Gigantopithecus? Or perhaps even Australopithecus? Some researchers even consider Bigfoot part of the human species. Of course, all such arguments rely on twin assumptions: 1) we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backyardphenomena.wordpress.com&blog=5284333&post=657&subd=backyardphenomena&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You Can&#8217;t Tell a Species by Its Cover</title>
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