One such study, conducted by Sarah Werning of the University of California, Berkeley, and her colleagues, is reminiscent of Aesop's fable about the hare and the tortoise with dinosaurs playing the role of the cocky lagomorph and crocodiles that of the slow but steady chelonian.

ECONOMIST: Or, rather, the dinosaur and the crocodile

That is, of course, the punch line to the Aesop fable about the slow, compact tortoise and the sleek, swifter hare.

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