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Post by Kapar'in Va on Dec 1, 2005 21:21:51 GMT
chiuauas (spelling?) are small dogs (like in the Taco Bell commercials). I am not sure what you mean...  |
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Post by Emoir on Dec 1, 2005 21:25:37 GMT
chiuauas (spelling?) are small dogs (like in the Taco Bell commercials). I am not sure what you mean... I read it to fast and thought it was Chinchilla.  |
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Post by Kapar'in Va on Dec 1, 2005 21:26:53 GMT
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Post by Drago Solaris on Dec 1, 2005 21:29:48 GMT
chinchillas lay eggs?
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Post by Emoir on Dec 1, 2005 21:31:19 GMT
I am pretty sure they do...
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Post by Drago Solaris on Dec 1, 2005 21:33:15 GMT
I am pretty sure they do... but mammels dont lay eggs? |
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Post by Kapar'in Va on Dec 1, 2005 21:34:29 GMT
some do. Platypus do.
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Post by Emoir on Dec 1, 2005 21:35:17 GMT
I am pretty sure they do... but mammels dont lay eggs? Thats why they are so unique, platypus also lay eggs and they are mammels. Its an odd world out there. |
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Post by Drago Solaris on Dec 1, 2005 21:35:27 GMT
A. platypus r mammels?
and B. i thought no mammles laid eggs
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Post by Emoir on Dec 1, 2005 21:36:41 GMT
A. platypus r mammels? and B. i thought no mammles laid eggs Yes, and apparently you thought wrong. |
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Post by Kapar'in Va on Dec 1, 2005 21:36:47 GMT
yes they are. They are one of the few exceptions to the mammal rule (not laying eggs). I think there are 1 or 2 others...
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Post by Drago Solaris on Dec 1, 2005 21:37:49 GMT
chikens?
edit:no wait chikens r birds i forgot bout them
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Post by Kapar'in Va on Dec 1, 2005 21:40:39 GMT
The platypus seems weird to people because it lays eggs and is a mammal, but really it's just a creature that's just very specialized to do what platys do best -- swim, eat, and burrow!
i got that off of PBS.org...
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Post by Drago Solaris on Dec 1, 2005 21:41:47 GMT
[rambling] wish i could burrow [/rambling]
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Post by Kapar'in Va on Dec 1, 2005 21:44:40 GMT
 burrowing Monotremes (egg laying mammals) There are only three living monotremes, the duck-billed platypus and two species of echidna, or "spiny anteaters". All of them are found only in Australia and New Guinea. Monotremes are not a very diverse group today, and there has not been much fossil information known until rather recently. In some ways, monotremes are very primitive for mammals because, like reptiles and birds, they lay eggs rather than having live birth. In a number of other respects, monotremes are rather derived, having highly modified snouts or beaks, and modern adult monotremes have no teeth. Like other mammals, however, monotremes have a single bone in their lower jaw, three middle ear bones, high metabolic rates, hair, and they produce milk to nourish the young.
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