simiiformes

[janeandsimple]

what better way to relax after fourteen hours at the office than by watching a david attenborough double-feature? i've always loved learning about primates, but last night taught me some things i hadn't known before:

i. emperor tamarins live in small family units headed by a female. she has two or more males living with her, who all take part in

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[janeandsimple]

that is crazy!

but i have heard of the same thing happening in humans!

i read an article once about how it's possible to have a twin that never devolopped, and simply became a part of you, not much more than a clump of genes... but that it's possible for a man to father a child with the sperm of the ghost twin. essentially, the child has a genetic father who is NON-EXISTANT.

freaky.

i wanted to link to the source, but it's almost impossible to search for something like that. hm.

[skirt_girl_]

It was the plot to an ephisode of CSI. Killer kept leaving behind the DNA of a brother who didn't technically exist.

I watch far too much TV.