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Letter: For the record

Published 28 December 2022

Astronomer Tycho Brahe wasDanish (26 November, p 44).

Karl Flessa is a geologist(26 November, p 40 in the UK,p 36 in the US).

In the answers to “A poopicture puzzle” (17/24December, p 77), the final lineof the snow leopard box wascut short. Apologies! It shouldhave read: “This showed theanimals’ population densitywas about one leopard per100 square kilometres – lowerthan previous estimates,which had probably countedthe same animals twice.”

Issue no. 3419 published 28 December 2022

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