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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Isurus" data-source="post: 1347294" data-attributes="member: 27024">I may have said this (or soemthing similar) in this or another thread but with people I didn't know in that situation I may have asked a question in faux-ignorance designed to raise the red flag "ooh I thought the [insert obvious diagnostic feature here] would be more obvious in one of those, it almost looks like a [insert correct bird]." Genuinely interested people would respond to that whereas those idiots who don't care wouldn't pick up on it and it saves one the trouble of trying to educate people who don't care.As an example of the typoe of scenarios where I won't bother correcting. I was at Monterey Bay Aquarium the other day looking at tank full of 3 foot leopard sharks (complete with their trademark rosettes as opposed to stripes) with several big labels "leopard sharks" when the guy next to me said to his kid "ooh look at the baby tiger sharks".</blockquote>