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Advice Requests
: "A fly snuck into my microwave and got heated for 2 minutes. They came out a little shriveled and delirious but were still capable of flight and other expected fly behaviors. I let them outside a little later. Will they be okay?"
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Popular Topics in r/AskBiology
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Evolution
: "Why did sponges become an Evolutionary 'dead end'?"
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Animals
: "Are there any Animals that are semi-domesticated?"
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#3
Biology
: "Why can we freeze to death when we still have body fat?"
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#4
Genetics
: "Animals can lie, but have we ever observed an animal being sarcastic?"
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#5
Health
: "How can Arctic hunter gather people be Healthy despite their lifestyle going against every common norm of modern Health and medicine?"
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Species
: "Is there any animal Species that has more than two biological sexes besides male and female?"
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Anatomy
: "In my research (metallurgy), I look at samples with all sorts of microscopes. Why have I never seen a single bacteria?"
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Brain
: "Why does each half of the Brain control the opposing side?"
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Blood
: "If 99 percent of Americans have detectable PFAS in their Blood stream will it be likely that in the coming decades the average life span of Americans will be reduced to 50 or 60 years?"
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Humans
: "Humans can be infected by animals (parasites), fungi, protists, and bacteria, but not plants. Why is this?"
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