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temperate biology. There are many advantages besides these for the 

 zoologist in tropical work, especially for the young zoologist. Perhaps 

 the most important is that tropical biology is at a much less advanced 

 stage tlian that of temperate comitries. It is much easier in the Tropics 

 to find promising lines of work, and less likely to find that the work 

 one is doing is in competition with that of others, or has already 

 been done — the field, in fact, is much less crowded. It is also true that 

 one lives closer to nature in the Tropics, and has greater opportunities 

 to study animals in their natural lives. I know that it is for most of 

 us impossible to get to the Tropics for a visit of a year or longer — 

 and a shorter stay is hardly likely to lead to worthwhile results — but 

 the fact is also true that when posts in tropical laboratories are adver- 

 tised it is not by any means always easy to find people to fill them. 

 I think that one reason for this is that the advantages of work in the 

 Tropics are not sufficiently realized. 



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