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New Species of Whale Discovered

Posted by timothy on from the it-was-in-with-the-coats dept.

dlesko writes: "Scientists have discovered a new species of whale, a startling find made through DNA analysis of some of the marine mammals that washed ashore in California over the past three decades."

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  1. strange reporting by rjamestaylor · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Why is it that a story about a new species of whale does not tell us what the new species' name is, what the similar species name is or what factors of the DNA distinguish the two from each other, yet we're treated to a number of sentences about "even off the coast of California" we don't know everything, and "even from these big animals everyone loves" we don't know everything.

    It's funny; I started out reading the article to find out something I didn't know and instead was told something I already knew - that I don't know everything.

    It's enough to make me swear off popular reporting of scientific stories.

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    -- @rjamestaylor on Ello