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August 2023—Issue 021

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Welcome to the Tree of Life newsletter!

Newly recognized content

File:Featured article star.svg Australiformis by Mattximus File:Featured article star.svg Rodrigues night heron by FunkMonk File:Featured article star.svg Titanis by Augustios Paleo File:Featured article star.svg List of lorisoids by PresN File:Featured article star.svg List of storks by AryKun File:Symbol support vote.svg Brontosaurus by Augustios Paleo, reviewed by The Morrison Man File:Symbol support vote.svg Eukaryote by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Fritzmann2002 File:Symbol support vote.svg Stramenopile by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Fritzmann2002 File:Symbol support vote.svg Titanoboa by Augustios Paleo, reviewed by SilverTiger12 File:Symbol support vote.svg Antarctopelta by Augustios Paleo, reviewed by Jens Lallensack File:Symbol support vote.svg Anna Blackburne by Kusma, reviewed by Etriusus File:Symbol support vote.svg Anomochilus leonardi by AryKun, reviewed by Amitchell125 File:Symbol support vote.svg Nyctibatrachus manalari by AryKun, reviewed by Sammi Brie File:Symbol support vote.svg Mimodactylus by FunkMonk, reviewed by Jens Lallensack File:Symbol support vote.svg Nyctibatrachus major by AryKun, reviewed by Etriusus File:Symbol support vote.svg Anomochilus weberi by AryKun, reviewed by Etriusus File:Symbol support vote.svg Plant by Chiswick Chap, reviewed by Cessaune

Newly nominated content

File:Cscr-candidate.svg Ohmdenosaurus by Jens Lallensack File:Cscr-candidate.svg Polar bear by LittleJerry File:Cscr-candidate.svg Mimodactylus by FunkMonk File:Cscr-candidate.svg List of cercopithecoids by PresN File:Cscr-candidate.svg List of tapaculos by AryKun File:GA candidate.svg Klallamornis by Larrayal File:GA candidate.svg Hypericum perforatum by Fritzmann2002 File:GA candidate.svg Holozoa by Snoteleks File:GA candidate.svg Teloschistaceae by Esculenta File:GA candidate.svg Carcharodontosaurus by Augustios Paleo File:GA candidate.svg Nyctibatrachus radcliffei by AryKun File:GA candidate cluster.svg Anomochilus by AryKun

New contest!

This month has seen an incredible amount of activity creating high quality content, with 3 FAs, 3 FACs, and a veritable flood of GAs and GANs, not to mention the FLs and FLCs. To help maintain this high level of activity going forward, WikiProject Tree of Life is starting a new monthly rolling contest, inspired by the contest run by WikiProject Military History. This contest should hopefully help incentivize editors to contribute in ways that are less daunting than writing articles that are GA and FA-quality. Even improving articles from stub to start class, or helping other editors by reviewing their work at GAN, FAC, or FLC, gets you points, with bonus points for articles with especially high page views. Make sure to participate in any way you can, and help improve the 'pedia while having fun and winning Barnstars!

August DYKs

Two salt marsh snakes

Two salt marsh snakes

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Blackburnian warbler

• ... that orcas have been teaching each other to attack boats? (August 2)
• ... that Ameles decolor has one of the most complex mating rituals of any praying mantis? (August 4)
• ... that salt marsh snakes (examples pictured) drink only rainwater? (August 6)
• ... that by 1967, staff at the Home Office were told not to feed Peta morsels of food as she had become "inordinately fat"? (August 8)
• ... that the perigynia of the few-flowered sedge spring outward when brushed against? (August 16)
• ... that three burnt golf balls are preserved at Kew Gardens as a "rare fungal species"? (August 19)
• ... that the chemicals responsible for the smell of freshly cut grass are a plant defense mechanism? (August 20)
• ... that the Blackburnian warbler (example pictured) is named after Anna Blackburne, who provided specimens to Thomas Pennant? (August 22)
• ... that Tylocephale possibly used their domed skulls to fight one another? (August 24)
• ... that John Cleese once called Olivia Benson "the weirdest cat I've ever seen in my life"? (August 25)
• ... that Winston Churchill was often portrayed as a bulldog (pictured), but his personal pet dog during the Second World War was a poodle? (August 25)
• ... that a report by the philosopher Jonathan Birch and colleagues led to cephalopods and decapods being recognised as sentient under the UK's Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act? (August 27)
• ... that Mike Wingfield named a fungus after his first grandchild, Rachel? (August 27)
• ... that depending on who you ask, an anomochilid could be a dwarf or a giant? (August 28)

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