Research priorities Memes

The evolutionary biologist's hierarchy of intellectual pursuits! From the mundane task of sorting species by physical characteristics (yawn), to the more sophisticated evolutionary history approach, to the somewhat respectable biogeographical analysis... and then there's what actually gets researchers excited: basic reproductive behavior observation. Nothing captures scientific attention quite like watching nature's awkward mating rituals. Taxonomy is important and all, but let's be honest—thirty years of academic training just to end up hiding in bushes with binoculars watching tortoises get it on. And they say romance is dead in science!