But he also warned not to take their requests for "strange features" too seriously.

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TLC's latest offerings include "Freaky Eaters, " about people with bizarre eating disorders and food addiction, and "My Strange Addiction, " which features those who battled obsessive behaviors like eating cleanser and sleeping with a blow-dryer.

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"We had always expected a gap-filler with typically intermediate features such as a moderately elongate tail -- neither long nor short -- but the strange thing about Darwinopterus is that it has a head and neck just like that of advanced pterosaurs, while the rest of the skeleton, including a very long tail, is identical to that of primitive forms, " he said.

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