Monday, February 05, 2007

Name that Thing


10 comments:

  1. Its a fish.


    Just 'cause I grew up in the mountains, you can't fool me.

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  2. Well, silly, it's in the url. :)

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  3. Yeh, a Pirhana. Piranha. Phirana. Oh, I get it--it can't be speled!

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  4. That's really very unkind to Mrs. Clinton. She's of an age where shots of her before she applies makeup should be barred. She'll probably issue an edict to that effect if she prevails.

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  5. Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Actinopterygii
    Order: Characiformes
    Family: Characidae
    Subfamily: Serrasalminae
    Genera:
    Catoprion
    Pristobrycon
    Pygocentrus
    Pygopristis
    Serrasalmus

    How do ya like that, who'd a guessed Pristobrycon was in Serrasalmiae?

    --great wiki, type [ piranha fish ] damn things get 10" long. Yikes.

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  6. Do not--do NOT--read skook's link. Yes we need to know these things, but not now, please, lord, not nooooow....
    :-\

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  7. Ahh, jeez--that's a relief. I guess the whole thing is no worse than those long worms (somewhere in the African wetlands) that eventually pop out of the skin. But, like the greenies say, it's all so natural.

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