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The result was: promoted by
Joofjoof (
talk) 01:12, 6 February 2021 (UTC)reply
... that New Zealand geneticist Neil Gemmell(pictured) hunted the
Loch Ness Monster to show how science works? Source: "The main driver of the project was to show how the science process worked."
source
Comment: Scientifically, his work on
sequencing of the
tuatara genome is much more notable but it's very geeky, whereas hunting Nessie would have a much broader appeal (which is why he embarked on that exercise in the first place, I presume).
Created by
Schwede66 (
talk). Self-nominated at 18:48, 3 February 2021 (UTC).reply
This article is new enough and long enough. The image is suitably licensed, the hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done.
Cwmhiraeth (
talk) 10:14, 5 February 2021 (UTC)reply