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the only science where getting bitten counts as fieldwork and a good story
means The branch of biology devoted to the study of animals — their structure, behavior, classification, and how they live.
from From the Greek 'zoion' (living being, animal) plus '-logia' (the study of), filtered through the modern Latin 'zoologia.' The root 'zoion' traces back to 'zoe,' meaning life itself — the same life that lurks in 'zodiac' (a circle of little animals) and 'protozoa' (the first animals). The word entered English in the late 17th century, when naturalists were busy giving Latin and Greek names to every creature they could catch, sketch, or pickle in a jar.
- naming game
- Over 1.5 million animal species named, millions still unknown
- longest study
- Some tortoises outlive the scientists tagging them
- weird wing
- Bees were technically declared fish in California court
- oldest record
- Aristotle classified 500 species over 2,000 years ago
- dead pioneers
- Many early zoologists died from the animals they studied
san diego zoo — founded 1916, houses over 3,700 animals across 100 acres in california
henry walter bates — naturalist who spent 11 years in amazon (1848-1859) studying animal mimicry
jane goodall institute — established 1977 after goodall's 45+ years observing wild chimpanzees in gombe, tanzania