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Artificial Intelligence Mistaken Identity

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From: The Scotsman
Date: 20021016
Author:SALLY RAIKES

RATTY, Toad and Mr Mole messing about on the shady banks of a babbling brook with a hamper stuffed with Fortnum & Mason goodies is still an idyllic vision, one conjured up by Kenneth Grahame in 1908 for The Wind in the Willows. In truth though, the situation down by the river has turned a whole lot grimmer than the author once led his readers believe.

Contrary to popular belief, Ratty was no brown rat, la the rodent pictured above right, but a water vole, above left, its infinitely superior distant cousin. But the murky distinction between the two creatures is putting an end to the water ...

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