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[[File:Baby Sarlacc 1.jpg|thumb|175px|link=Baby Sarlaac|Baby Sarlaac is a trade name for a juvenile sarlaac, popular as a novelty pet. The sarlaac catches its prey with a trapping structure formed by the terminal portion of each of the sarlaac's tentacles, which is triggered by tiny hairs (called "trigger hairs" or "sensitive hairs") on their inner surfaces. Adult sarlaacs feed mainly upon condemned criminals and unlucky bounty hunters, while juvenile sarlaacs feed upon insects, rodents, and small hominids such as immature ewoks.]] | [[File:Baby Sarlacc 1.jpg|thumb|175px|link=Baby Sarlaac|Baby Sarlaac is a trade name for a juvenile sarlaac, popular as a novelty pet. The sarlaac catches its prey with a trapping structure formed by the terminal portion of each of the sarlaac's tentacles, which is triggered by tiny hairs (called "trigger hairs" or "sensitive hairs") on their inner surfaces. Adult sarlaacs feed mainly upon condemned criminals and unlucky bounty hunters, while juvenile sarlaacs feed upon insects, rodents, and small hominids such as immature ewoks.]] | ||
• ... that chemist and x-ray crystallographer '''[[Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|Rosalind Elsie Franklin]]''' made contributions to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite; but although her works on coal and viruses were appreciated in her lifetime, her contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA were largely recognized posthumously? | |||
• ... that '''[[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Norton Lorenz]]''' was a pioneer of chaos theory, and that Lorenz introduced the strange attractor notion and coined the term butterfly effect? | • ... that '''[[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Norton Lorenz]]''' was a pioneer of chaos theory, and that Lorenz introduced the strange attractor notion and coined the term butterfly effect? | ||
• ... that '''[[Baby Sarlaac]]''' is a trade name for a juvenile sarlaac, and that the sarlaac is currently under Extraterrestrial Species Act review by the U.S. Space & Alien Life Service due to the rapid decline of the sarlaac population in its native range? | • ... that '''[[Baby Sarlaac]]''' is a trade name for a juvenile sarlaac, and that the sarlaac is currently under Extraterrestrial Species Act review by the U.S. Space & Alien Life Service due to the rapid decline of the sarlaac population in its native range? | ||
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• ... that chemist and x-ray crystallographer Rosalind Elsie Franklin made contributions to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite; but although her works on coal and viruses were appreciated in her lifetime, her contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA were largely recognized posthumously?
• ... that Edward Norton Lorenz was a pioneer of chaos theory, and that Lorenz introduced the strange attractor notion and coined the term butterfly effect?
• ... that Baby Sarlaac is a trade name for a juvenile sarlaac, and that the sarlaac is currently under Extraterrestrial Species Act review by the U.S. Space & Alien Life Service due to the rapid decline of the sarlaac population in its native range?