We Like Taxonomy Better!

We Like Taxonomy Better!
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Ernst Mayr's biological species concept? A beautiful, elegant tower of scientific definition! But then reality hits with its exceptions—prokaryotes that swap genes like trading cards, mules born from horse-donkey romance, worker bees living their best non-reproductive lives, and humans who can't reproduce for various reasons.

It's like building the perfect LEGO castle only to have it collapse when someone points out all the organisms that don't fit your precious definition. Sorry, taxonomists—nature doesn't read your textbooks!

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