The recent news about the australopithicus Taung Baby, whose skull had holes attributed to being carried off by an eagle, was originally suggested in a 1996 article in Nature. In honor of that article, the Annals of Improbable Research conducted a limerick contest, the results of which were definitely worth a giggle. Today, reader Robert Odum sent in his finny new entries; so here are the winners of the Taung Child Load Limerick Competition, with new contributions.
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