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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 8

platys aren't the only venomous mammals... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venomous_mammals
but they might be the only ones in the US LOL
At least we now know how they get there.

Re the exGF comment, most of the others are shrews..... hmmmmmm.......

octopodes is technically correct but octopuses, octopi, and even octopods are acceptable due to common useage. The American Heritage Dictionary goes so far as to define octopi as "A plural of octopus"... IMHO a dare to go find the other ones on your own.

I don't know how intelligent platys are, but only the males have venom, so look out if fluffy has difficulty with his/her sexual identity.

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 8:59 am

Wikipedia wrote:

The venom appears to have a different function from those produced by non-mammalian species: its effects are non-life threatening but nevertheless powerful enough to seriously impair the victim. Since only males produce venom and production rises during the breeding season it is theorized that it is used as an offensive weapon to assert dominance during this period.

Offensive weapon? Naaah. It's probably Rohypnol they're using.

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:53 am

Quote:

If a mime falls in a forest with no one to hear it, then does it make a sound?

Nope, it goes like this: "If a man says something in a forest and no woman can hear it, is he still wrong?" Wink

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:56 pm

HEY i resemble that remark! im only wrong if my wife is in the same room

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:19 pm

breadcrumb wrote:

If a man says something in a forest and no woman can hear it, is he still wrong?

Yes. Even if he says nothing in the forest, he is still wrong. Wink

"Men and women belong to different species, and communication between them is a science still in its infancy." Bill Cosby

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:43 pm

I thought platypi were only indigenous to Oz

[edited to remove zoologically incorrect reference and avoid heaps of opprobrium]

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:50 pm

No, no, no. The Common Platypus only lives in Australia. The American Pygmy Platypus lives in rivers along the east coast of North and Central America, although its habitat is shrinking due to extensive development.

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:41 pm

^^^^^

Thanks. I didn't know that.

I've also checked your baiter name and no thanks, I don't want to be sent $12,500,000 for a small transmission fee. Wink

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:42 pm

Quote:

Fossil evidence from sixty-three million years ago confirms that monotremes once lived in South America, dating back to a remote time when the continents of Australia, Antarctica, and South America were closer to one another and connected by dry land.

I'm not knocking the OP, we had platys in the stream at the back of our house in Victoria, I'd spend hours of an evening in summer watching them

I'm thinking his/her/it geographic location may be different though

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:48 pm

PRSGG Wrote

Quote:

Men and women belong to different species, and communication between them is a science still in its infancy

Absolute tosh!
Yes dear, of course you are right.
Use my credit card? absolutely, in fact keep it
You can never have too many shoes darling
Starring? I was thinking how hideous she looked compared to you.
Bum? Big? You should be a model

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:05 pm

PRS Girly Girl wrote:

Do mimes scream when you shoot them? If a mime falls in a forest with no one to hear it, then does it make a sound?

If a mime performs and no-one's around to see it, is it still annoying?

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:37 pm

irishemigrant wrote:

I'm thinking his/her/it geographic location may be different though

"Its".

I'm not sure what I am, but whatever it is, I'm grammatically pedantic.

Unconfirmed rumor says I'm female, though.

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:26 pm

Rodus wrote:

Yes dear, of course you are right. (If you roll those eyes one more time, I'll slap them right out of your head.)
Use my credit card? absolutely, in fact keep it. (Thanks. I'm sure it's at the credit limit since you just bought a plasma TV, computer, three different video game consoles, big rims for your car and the multiple visits to the strip club.)
You can never have too many shoes darling (Yes and you shall never forgot or complain about it. BTW, I'll ignore the condescending voice tone.)
Starring? I was thinking how hideous she looked compared to you. (Hideous? Yeah, right. She's so hot I was staring at her too.)
Bum? Big? You should be a model. (The second half of that statement is "...for The Plump, But Pretty Catalog." The couch is that way.)

Mod edit: I made 'Pump' into 'Plump', since this is what I'm sure you really meant. I didn't want the others to pick on you, and make me have to suspend them and lock this thread. TS

EDIT: Thanks TS. Embarassed

You're my hero of the hour.

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:30 pm

^^I've got to admit, you're good Laughing

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

I've been looking at your pictures of wee Fluffy and I think what you have there is a Marag Fabulosus.
These lovely creatures are native to Scotland but have now spread far and wide.
There have been reports of them being sighted in New York recently.
See The Scotsman for more information

I have had a few lads looking for them in Africa as I would really like to set up a reserve there for the wee beasties.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

You guys are killing me- we're on page 2, and still nobody has commented about the names. Laughing

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 1:48 pm

Do any of you ever stop to wonder what the hell you're talking about? (especially within the confines of a platypus thread)

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:07 pm

Do you ever stop to think... then forget to start again?

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

@ Tsnerd

I did notice the name.

I think Fluffy is perfectly reasonable name for a platypus

or a haggis

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