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> “If they have one or two older individuals, they are more likely to win—which was not what we’d expected to find.”

This doesn't sound that crazy; maybe the ones able to live that are the ones in packs that are strong enough to win all the time.



Cohen the Barbarian style, I guess? An old barbarian is a deadly barbarian!


"a man who does for a living what Cohen does and nevertheless survives to such an age must be very good at it indeed."

Beware of the old. We've survived. There is a reason the phrase is "Age and treachery will always defeat youth and skill."


> Cohen the Barbarian

this example of autocorrect made me laugh out loud for the first time in days.

please do not correct it.


https://discworld.fandom.com/wiki/Cohen

If you want more laughs, check out the books ;)


I think it was intended?




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