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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
1728 Posts |
 Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:09:15
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Penguins. All penguins. They waddle around, they dive off of cliffs, I mean, what's there not to love about them?
There was a bad oil spill, so they had to wear little penguin sweaters. Poor penguins...
Your turn...include pictures if you can, hehe. Animals rock.
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:13:34
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The cuttlefish!
and close runners up: Octopus and Squid and Jellyfish
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Edited by - apl4eris on 12/04/2003 13:18:19 |
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the swimmer
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1602 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:14:46
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Beagles |
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rockathon
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241 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:16:58
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| holy shit apl, I'm with you ... well actually I was going to say Octipuss, but close enough |
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rockathon
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241 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:18:03
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| Octapuss, I mean |
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rockathon
- FB Fan -
241 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:21:44
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| they are kind of an alien life form on planet earth, I read some opinion that they are basically as far from human's phisologically as you can get and still have problem solving capable brains |
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
1728 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:22:10
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Ooh, a close second for me is the chameleon.
 isn't the baby one cute?? |
Edited by - TheCroutonFuton on 12/04/2003 13:24:04 |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:26:35
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Me too on the penguins and beagles and chameleons. It's so hard to choose. I like all animals, but I have a hard time with hyenas for some reason. I also love the Jesus Lizard (Basilisk), which runs on water.
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
1728 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:26:48
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apl4eris..have you seen those HUGE 15 foot long jellyfish? those things are crazy.
that isn't the long ones I was talking about, but still...it's huge. |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:28:20
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oops, wrong picture ;)
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
1728 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:31:11
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| hehe, they're really cool. I like how funny they look when they run on their two legs on the water, hehe, it's so great. |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:31:30
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quote:
Originally posted by TheCroutonFuton
apl4eris..have you seen those HUGE 15 foot long jellyfish? those things are crazy.
I'm lovin that picture. Cephalopods rock me. So smart. I think they see more dimensions than most. Like cats seem to sometimes. This website is all kinda cephalopod fun:
http://www.photovault.com/Link/Animals/Aquatic/nCephlapodia/AANVolume01.html |
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the swimmer
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1602 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:33:35
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| Less scaly, slimy, more fuzzy wuzzy. |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:35:45
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Bears.
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:37:10
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Well, I gotta say, bunnies do rock
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:37:29
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My 3 favorites
Ants, except when they invade my house. It's just amazing to me that something that can't be terribly smart lives in a complex colony with different jobs and the colony adjusts as the environment changes. How does the colony work when no single brain is directing it?
Crows are cool for how smart they are, how long they live, and the alliances they develop over all those years. Each morning they're outside my house picking up walnuts, flying up in the air, and dropping them trying on the street to try to crack them open. Pretty clever for a bird.
And finally the fish I use to study, the threespine stickleback. The cutest fish in the world. Males get all colored up (red eyes and blue throat) when their ready to mates and some of those sneaking butchers will spend all day trying to rush in and fertilize a female's eggs before the male she has chosen gets a chance. And when they do this they lose their color, develop zebra stripes, and sneak like a snake on the bottom of the lake. They'll do it time after time. Very cute. |
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
1728 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:37:34
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| woohoo |
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:38:35
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You so crazy, Futon.
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
1728 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:40:45
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glacial, here's a bear for you.
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glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:42:14
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aaawwww. Cute.
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:42:15
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Well, I know it's in a class all on it's own, but this particular fungus grabs my vote for most interesting organism. The honey mushroom. The largest organism known on earth:
"The outline of the giant fungus, strikingly similar to a mushroom, stretches 3.5 miles across, and extends an average of three feet into the ground. It covers an area as big as 1,665 football fields. No one has estimated its weight."
http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/dailynews/fungus000806.html
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:44:40
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I like animals that have symbiotic relationships,
I wish I could remember names but I know there's a type of lizard and bird that both live in crevices on cliffs. Lizard's nocturnal, the bird's not. So during the day the lizard will look after the bird's eggs or birdies while the bird goes looking for food, and the bird watches the lizards youngins when the lizard goes hunting. cool hey. |
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
1728 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 13:51:55
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wow...those mushrooms are gigantic...wow.
And here's another symbiotic relationship. The remora (suckerfish) eats off small shrimp like parasites on the shark, thus cleaning him, and he gets to eat and get a free ride. (not to mention safety.) |
Edited by - TheCroutonFuton on 12/04/2003 13:53:39 |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 14:06:32
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quote:
Originally posted by TheCroutonFuton
apl4eris..have you seen those HUGE 15 foot long jellyfish? those things are crazy.
that isn't the long ones I was talking about, but still...it's huge.
have you ever been stung by a jellyfish? it doesn't feel good. |
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the swimmer
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1602 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 14:08:49
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That's nice.
What's your favorite animal? |
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
1728 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 14:09:58
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| Nope, don't you have to urinate on the wound so that it will stop stinging? Because the amonia like...huh...nevermind...I forget. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 14:11:05
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i don't know.. prairie dogs are kind of cute
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 14:12:12
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quote:
Originally posted by TheCroutonFuton
Nope, don't you have to urinate on the wound so that it will stop stinging? Because the amonia like...huh...nevermind...I forget.
i didn't try that method. i just got really drunk to kill the pain. seriously.
it's like being pricked with a thousand needles at the same time. and the swelling..
quite tumencent, to say the least. |
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
1728 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 14:15:56
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| Well, since you got really drunk...you probably ended up peeing on it unintentionally. |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 14:31:23
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You can also use meat tenderizer, or italian dressing. Seriously. Just don't rinse it off with fresh water. Big mistake, that would be.
One of the funniest things I've seen my mom do, she was standing in the Pamlico Sound in the Outer Banks, wetsuit and snorkel gear on, pouring italian dressing on her leg. |
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
1728 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 14:34:39
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| haha, that's pretty great. Do they have amonia in them, too? |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 14:38:11
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Pika...subalpine mountain inhabitants.
Bushtit...the coolest little birds. Twenty or thirty crawl around my orange tree every day.
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TheCroutonFuton
- Mr. Setlists -
USA
1728 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 14:45:24
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| Wow...it's really called a "bushtit"? Poor bird..I wouldn't want a name like that. Both the bird and the pika are really cute though, hehe. |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 14:51:20
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| My favorite animal name is the Great Tit and their scientific name is Parus major (like a major pair) <giggle giggle> |
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bedrock_barney
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
871 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 15:23:51
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quote:
Originally posted by TheCroutonFuton
glacial, here's a bear for you.
Holy moly, that must be the smallest bear in the animal kingdom.
(That is an orange underneath isn't it?)
 "I have been enslaved by the Cult of Ming / He is ever so merciless...unlike that nice Mr Black." |
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NO.13Girl
- FB Fan -
USA
78 Posts |
Posted - 12/04/2003 : 16:42:24
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 "I joined the Cult of Frank / Aren't I Special?"
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