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was responsible for maintaining the universe, judging the dead, and for writing and science ( source ). The quirkily titled article “Why Love Matters to a Zebra Finch” describes how pairings based on female preferences rather than on chance had much higher reproduction rates. Possibly also for doing the dishes.
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