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Been away (I've got a seven week old son now!) but wanted to join in
(haven't read the back posts yet...)
> And all I have to do to come to this conclusion is say, Harry Potter.
But what you can't say is "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" cos
it was renamed for the US release. Bear in mind that 'species' is not
really all that great a concept - very fuzzy - c.f. Drosophila species
complexes - some can interbreed, some partially interbreed, some matings
are sterile, some never mate (but *could* have fertile offspring but for
the behavioural constraints). Beware when people say *can't* mate; they
often just mean don't under normal circumstances. And plants! What a
bloody mess (partly because plant architecture is more robust).
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