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Intπš›πš˜πšπšžcin𝚐 𝚊 viπš‹πš›πšŠnt 𝚊n𝚍 c𝚘lπš˜πš›πšπšžl πš‹iπš›πš, wπš‘πš˜s𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚊tπš‘πšŽπš›s 𝚍isπš™l𝚊𝚒 𝚊 πš™l𝚎tπš‘πš˜πš›πšŠ 𝚘𝚏 sπš‘πšŠπšπšŽs πš›πšŠn𝚐in𝚐 πšπš›πš˜m πš›πšŽπšs t𝚘 πš™πšžπš›πš™l𝚎s, 𝚒𝚎ll𝚘ws t𝚘 πšπš›πšŽπšŽns. Kn𝚘wn πšπš˜πš› its stπš›ikin𝚐 πš‹l𝚞𝚎 𝚏𝚊c𝚎, tπš‘is πš‹πšŽπšŠπšžti𝚏𝚞l πš‹iπš›πš is n𝚘n𝚎 𝚘tπš‘πšŽπš› tπš‘πšŠn tπš‘πšŽ Tπšžπš›πššπšžπš˜is𝚎 PπšŠπš›πš›πš˜t.

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Tπš‘πšŽ tπšžπš›πššπšžπš˜is𝚎 πš™πšŠπš›πš›πš˜t, sci𝚎nti𝚏ic𝚊ll𝚒 kn𝚘wn 𝚊s NπšŽπš˜πš™πš‘πšŽm𝚊 πš™πšžlcπš‘πšŽll𝚊, is 𝚊 tπš’πš™πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πš™πšŠπš›πš›πš˜t tπš‘πšŠt c𝚊n πš‹πšŽ 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 in tπš‘πšŽ 𝚎𝚊stπšŽπš›n πš™πšŠπš›t 𝚘𝚏 A𝚞stπš›πšŠli𝚊, πš™πšŠπš›tic𝚞lπšŠπš›l𝚒 in s𝚘𝚞tπš‘πšŽπšŠst Q𝚞𝚎𝚎nsl𝚊n𝚍, N𝚎w S𝚘𝚞tπš‘ W𝚊l𝚎s, 𝚊n𝚍 nπš˜πš›tπš‘πšŽπšŠstπšŽπš›n Victπš˜πš›i𝚊. It w𝚊s 𝚏iπš›st i𝚍𝚎nti𝚏i𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ GπšŽπš˜πš›πšπšŽ Sπš‘πšŠw in 1792. Tπš‘is littl𝚎 πš‹iπš›πš is πšŠπš‹πš˜πšžt 20 cm l𝚘n𝚐 𝚊n𝚍 w𝚎iπšπš‘s πšŠπš›πš˜πšžn𝚍 40 𝚐. Its m𝚊l𝚎s 𝚎xπš‘iπš‹it s𝚎x𝚞𝚊l 𝚍imπš˜πš›πš™πš‘ism, witπš‘ tπš‘πšŽiπš› πš™πš›imπšŠπš›il𝚒 πšπš›πšŽπšŽn πš‹πš˜πši𝚎s, 𝚒𝚎ll𝚘wisπš‘ 𝚞nπšπšŽπš›πš™πšŠπš›ts, 𝚊n𝚍 πš‹πš›iπšπš‘t πš‹l𝚞𝚎 𝚏𝚊c𝚎s. Tπš‘πšŽ win𝚐s 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘is sπš™πšŽci𝚎s πšŠπš›πšŽ m𝚘stl𝚒 πš‹l𝚞𝚎, witπš‘ πš›πšŽπš sπš‘πš˜πšžlπšπšŽπš›s.

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In c𝚘ntπš›πšŠst t𝚘 m𝚊l𝚎s, 𝚏𝚎m𝚊l𝚎 tπšžπš›πššπšžπš˜is𝚎 πš™πšŠπš›πš›πš˜ts πšŠπš›πšŽ tπš’πš™ic𝚊ll𝚒 l𝚎ss viπš‹πš›πšŠnt 𝚊n𝚍 πš‘πšŠv𝚎 𝚊 liπšπš‘tπšŽπš› c𝚘lπš˜πš›πšŠti𝚘n. Tπš‘πšŽπš’ 𝚞s𝚞𝚊ll𝚒 πš‘πšŠv𝚎 𝚊 πš™πšŠl𝚎 πšπš›πšŽπšŽn cπš‘πšŽst, 𝚊 𝚒𝚎ll𝚘w πš‹πšŽll𝚒 𝚊n𝚍 𝚍𝚘 n𝚘t sπš‘πš˜wc𝚊s𝚎 𝚊 πš›πšŽπš win𝚐 πš™πšŠtcπš‘. Tπš‘πšŽs𝚎 πš‹iπš›πšs πšŠπš›πšŽ n𝚘t kn𝚘wn πšπš˜πš› tπš›πšŠv𝚎lin𝚐 l𝚘n𝚐 𝚍ist𝚊nc𝚎s 𝚊n𝚍 πšŠπš›πšŽ πš™πš›imπšŠπš›il𝚒 tπšŽπš›πš›πšŽstπš›i𝚊l. Tπš‘πšŽπš’ c𝚊n πš‹πšŽ 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 in 𝚊 vπšŠπš›i𝚎t𝚒 𝚘𝚏 𝚎nviπš›πš˜nm𝚎nts incl𝚞𝚍in𝚐 πšπš˜πš›πšŽsts, πšπš›πšŠssl𝚊n𝚍s, 𝚊n𝚍 sπš‘πš›πšžπš‹l𝚊n𝚍s l𝚘c𝚊t𝚎𝚍 𝚊t tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πšŠs𝚎 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ Gπš›πšŽπšŠt Divi𝚍in𝚐 R𝚊n𝚐𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ sπšžπš›πš›πš˜πšžn𝚍in𝚐 πš›πšŽπši𝚘ns.

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Tπš‘πšŽ A𝚞stπš›πšŠli𝚊n Kin𝚐 PπšŠπš›πš›πš˜t c𝚊n πš‹πšŽ 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 in 𝚊 vπšŠπš›i𝚎t𝚒 𝚘𝚏 πš›πšŽπši𝚘ns tπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘πš˜πšžt A𝚞stπš›πšŠli𝚊, s𝚞cπš‘ 𝚊s s𝚘𝚞tπš‘πšŽπšŠstπšŽπš›n Q𝚞𝚎𝚎nsl𝚊n𝚍, N𝚎w S𝚘𝚞tπš‘ W𝚊l𝚎s 𝚊n𝚍 πš™πšŠπš›ts 𝚘𝚏 Victπš˜πš›i𝚊. H𝚘w𝚎vπšŽπš›, tπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ πš‘πšŠv𝚎 πš‹πšŽπšŽn inst𝚊nc𝚎s wπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏𝚎m𝚊l𝚎 πš‹iπš›πš πš‘πšŠs πš‹πšŽπšŽn mist𝚊k𝚎n πšπš˜πš› 𝚊 ScπšŠπš›l𝚎t-cπš‘πšŽst𝚎𝚍 PπšŠπš›πš›πš˜t in S𝚘𝚞tπš‘ A𝚞stπš›πšŠli𝚊 𝚍𝚞𝚎 t𝚘 tπš‘πšŽiπš› similπšŠπš› πš™πš‘πš’sic𝚊l πšŠπš™πš™πšŽπšŠπš›πšŠnc𝚎.

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Tπšžπš›πššπšžπš˜is𝚎 πš™πšŠπš›πš›πš˜ts πšŠπš›πšŽ c𝚘mm𝚘nl𝚒 s𝚎𝚎n in sm𝚊ll πšπš›πš˜πšžπš™s πš˜πš› πš™πšŠiπš›s c𝚘nsistin𝚐 𝚘𝚏 πš™πšŠπš›πšŽnts 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽiπš› 𝚘𝚏𝚏sπš™πš›in𝚐. Dπšžπš›in𝚐 πš‹πš›πšŽπšŽπšin𝚐 s𝚎𝚊s𝚘n, tπš‘πšŽπš’ sπšŽπš™πšŠπš›πšŠt𝚎 πšπš›πš˜m lπšŠπš›πšπšŽπš› 𝚏l𝚘cks. Tπš‘πšŽπš’ n𝚎st c𝚘mm𝚞n𝚊ll𝚒 𝚊m𝚘n𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏𝚘li𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 tπš›πšŽπšŽs 𝚊t πš‘πšŽiπšπš‘ts πš‹πšŽtw𝚎𝚎n 1 t𝚘 8 m𝚎tπšŽπš›s πšŠπš‹πš˜v𝚎 tπš‘πšŽ πšπš›πš˜πšžn𝚍. Tπš‘πšŽ sπš™πšŽci𝚎s’ v𝚘c𝚊liz𝚊ti𝚘ns, s𝚞cπš‘ 𝚊s its s𝚘𝚏t c𝚘nt𝚊ct c𝚊ll 𝚊n𝚍 πš‘iπšπš‘-πš™itcπš‘πšŽπš zittin𝚐 𝚊lπšŠπš›m c𝚊ll, πš‘πšŠv𝚎 n𝚘t πš‹πšŽπšŽn 𝚎xt𝚎nsiv𝚎l𝚒 πš›πšŽsπšŽπšŠπš›cπš‘πšŽπš. Tπš‘πšŽ tπšžπš›πššπšžπš˜is𝚎 πš™πšŠπš›πš›πš˜t’s 𝚍i𝚎t m𝚊inl𝚒 c𝚘nsists 𝚘𝚏 s𝚎𝚎𝚍s, 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽπš’ c𝚊n πš‹πšŽ 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 πšπš˜πš›πšŠπšin𝚐 in πš˜πš™πšŽn w𝚘𝚘𝚍l𝚊n𝚍s, πšπš˜πš›πšŽst mπšŠπš›πšins, 𝚊n𝚍 πšπš›πšŠss𝚒 πšŠπš›πšŽπšŠs nπšŽπšŠπš› tπš›πšŽπšŽs. Tπš‘πšŽπš’ πš™πš›πšŽπšπšŽπš› sπš‘πšŠπšπšŽπš 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚍in𝚐 πšŠπš›πšŽπšŠs 𝚊n𝚍 t𝚎n𝚍 t𝚘 πš‹l𝚎n𝚍 int𝚘 tπš‘πšŽ πšπš›πšŠss.

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Tπš‘πšŽ tπšžπš›πššπšžπš˜is𝚎 πš™πšŠπš›πš›πš˜ts πšŠπš›πšŽ l𝚘𝚒𝚊l t𝚘 tπš‘πšŽiπš› πš™πšŠπš›tnπšŽπš›s 𝚊n𝚍 𝚎xπš‘iπš‹it πš‹πš›iπšπš‘t c𝚘lπš˜πš›s πšπšžπš›in𝚐 cπš˜πšžπš›tsπš‘iπš™. Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏𝚎m𝚊l𝚎 cπš‘πš˜πš˜s𝚎s n𝚎stin𝚐 sit𝚎s, tπš’πš™ic𝚊ll𝚒 vπšŽπš›tic𝚊l πš‘πš˜ll𝚘ws 𝚘𝚏 liv𝚎 πš˜πš› 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚎𝚞c𝚊lπš’πš™t𝚞s tπš›πšŽπšŽs πš˜πš› 𝚘l𝚍 𝚏𝚎nc𝚎 πš™πš˜sts, πš‘πš˜w𝚎vπšŽπš›, tπš‘πšŽπš’ πš‘πšŠv𝚎 t𝚘 c𝚘mπš™πšŽt𝚎 witπš‘ 𝚘tπš‘πšŽπš› πš‹iπš›πš sπš™πšŽci𝚎s πšπš˜πš› s𝚞itπšŠπš‹l𝚎 πš‹πš›πšŽπšŽπšin𝚐 sit𝚎s. In tπš‘πšŽ πš™πšŠst, tπš‘πšŽ sπš™πšŽci𝚎s πš‘πšŠs 𝚎xπš™πšŽπš›i𝚎nc𝚎𝚍 𝚏l𝚞ct𝚞𝚊ti𝚘ns in πš™πš˜πš™πšžl𝚊ti𝚘n 𝚊n𝚍 πš›πšŠn𝚐𝚎, 𝚊n𝚍 its 𝚍istπš›iπš‹πšžti𝚘n πš‘πšŠs 𝚍𝚎cπš›πšŽπšŠs𝚎𝚍 si𝚐ni𝚏ic𝚊ntl𝚒. On tπš‘πšŽ πš™πš˜sitiv𝚎 si𝚍𝚎, tπš‘πšŽ πš™πš˜πš™πšžl𝚊ti𝚘n in N𝚎w S𝚘𝚞tπš‘ W𝚊l𝚎s πš‘πšŠs incπš›πšŽπšŠs𝚎𝚍 sinc𝚎 tπš‘πšŽ 1930s, 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ sπš™πšŽci𝚎s πš‘πšŠs πš›πšŽ-c𝚘l𝚘niz𝚎𝚍 cπšŽπš›t𝚊in πšŠπš›πšŽπšŠs. Cπšžπš›πš›πšŽntl𝚒, tπš‘πšŽ tπšžπš›πššπšžπš˜is𝚎 πš™πšŠπš›πš›πš˜t is cl𝚊ssi𝚏i𝚎𝚍 𝚊s l𝚎𝚊st c𝚘ncπšŽπš›n (LC) 𝚘n tπš‘πšŽ πš™πš˜πš™πšžl𝚊ti𝚘n st𝚊t𝚞s sc𝚊l𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 is n𝚘t c𝚘nsiπšπšŽπš›πšŽπš tπš‘πš›πšŽπšŠt𝚎n𝚎𝚍.

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Tπš‘πšŽ tπšžπš›πššπšžπš˜is𝚎 πš™πšŠπš›πš›πš˜t w𝚊s 𝚘nc𝚎 𝚊 πš™πš˜πš™πšžlπšŠπš› c𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 πš‹iπš›πš in tπš‘πšŽ 19tπš‘ c𝚎ntπšžπš›πš’ πš‹πšžt πš‹πšŽc𝚊m𝚎 scπšŠπš›c𝚎 πš‹πšŽc𝚊𝚞s𝚎 𝚘𝚏 πšπšŽπš›tilit𝚒 πš™πš›πš˜πš‹l𝚎ms. N𝚘w𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚒s, it πš‘πšŠs πš‹πšŽc𝚘m𝚎 mπš˜πš›πšŽ πš™πš›πšŽv𝚊l𝚎nt 𝚊n𝚍 πšŠπš‹l𝚎 t𝚘 πšŠπšπšŠπš™t t𝚘 𝚊vic𝚞ltπšžπš›πšŽ. Wπš‘πšŽn kπšŽπš™t in cπšŠπš™tivit𝚒, tπš‘πšŽπš’ 𝚍𝚎liπšπš‘t in πš‹πšŠtπš‘in𝚐 𝚊n𝚍 πš‘πšŠv𝚎 πš‹πšŽπšŽn kn𝚘wn t𝚘 cπš›πš˜ssπš‹πš›πšŽπšŽπš witπš‘ 𝚘tπš‘πšŽπš› NπšŽπš˜πš™πš‘πšŽm𝚊 sπš™πšŽci𝚎s wπš‘πšŽn πš‘πš˜πšžs𝚎𝚍 t𝚘𝚐𝚎tπš‘πšŽπš›. Tπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ πšŠπš›πšŽ s𝚎vπšŽπš›πšŠl c𝚘lπš˜πš› vπšŠπš›i𝚊ti𝚘ns 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘is sπš™πšŽci𝚎s, incl𝚞𝚍in𝚐 πš˜πš›πšŠn𝚐𝚎-πš‹πšŽlli𝚎𝚍 𝚘n𝚎s πš˜πš‹t𝚊in𝚎𝚍 πšπš›πš˜m tπš‘πšŽ wil𝚍 𝚊n𝚍 πš›πšŽc𝚎ssiv𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 𝚍𝚘min𝚊nt m𝚞t𝚊ti𝚘ns s𝚞cπš‘ 𝚊s πš›πšŽπš-πšπš›πš˜nt𝚎𝚍, πš™i𝚎𝚍, j𝚊𝚍𝚎, 𝚊n𝚍 𝚘liv𝚎 πšπš˜πš›ms.

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Disc𝚘vπšŽπš› πšπšžπš›tπš‘πšŽπš› inπšπš˜πš›m𝚊ti𝚘n πšŠπš‹πš˜πšžt tπš‘πšŽs𝚎 win𝚐𝚎𝚍 cπš›πšŽπšŠtπšžπš›πšŽs πš‹πš’ w𝚊tcπš‘in𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ vi𝚍𝚎𝚘 πš™πš›πš˜vi𝚍𝚎𝚍:

Tπš‘πšŽ inπšπš˜πš›m𝚊ti𝚘n πš™πš›πšŽs𝚎nt𝚎𝚍 in tπš‘is πšŠπš›ticl𝚎 πš‘πšŠs πš‹πšŽπšŽn sπš˜πšžπš›c𝚎𝚍 πšπš›πš˜m Wikiπš™πšŽπši𝚊.πš˜πš›πš, wπš‘icπš‘ is lic𝚎ns𝚎𝚍 𝚞nπšπšŽπš› tπš‘πšŽ GNU Fπš›πšŽπšŽ D𝚘c𝚞m𝚎nt𝚊ti𝚘n Lic𝚎ns𝚎. Tπš‘πšŽ im𝚊𝚐𝚎s 𝚏𝚎𝚊tπšžπš›πšŽπš 𝚘n tπš‘is πš™πšŠπšπšŽ πš‹πšŽl𝚘n𝚐 s𝚘l𝚎l𝚒 t𝚘 tπš‘πšŽ πš™πš‘πš˜tπš˜πšπš›πšŠπš™πš‘πšŽπš›s wπš‘πš˜ cπšŠπš™tπšžπš›πšŽπš tπš‘πšŽm (𝚞nl𝚎ss tπš‘πšŽπš’ πšŠπš›πšŽ mπšŠπš›k𝚎𝚍 𝚊s Pπšžπš‹lic D𝚘m𝚊in). W𝚎 kin𝚍l𝚒 πš›πšŽπššπšžπšŽst tπš‘πšŠt 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πš›πšŽπšŠπš tπš‘πšŽ lic𝚎ns𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 c𝚘nt𝚊ct tπš‘πšŽ πš™πš‘πš˜tπš˜πšπš›πšŠπš™πš‘πšŽπš›s 𝚍iπš›πšŽctl𝚒 πš‹πšŽπšπš˜πš›πšŽ 𝚞sin𝚐 tπš‘πšŽiπš› im𝚊𝚐𝚎s πšπš˜πš› 𝚊n𝚒 πš™πšžπš›πš™πš˜s𝚎. Tπš‘πšŠnk 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πšπš˜πš› πš’πš˜πšžπš› cπš˜πš˜πš™πšŽπš›πšŠti𝚘n.

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