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I'm not sure if there's a topic for this already. If so, I can't find it! So here goes.....
Did you know
Frog bones grow new rings as they age, just like trees.
Dalmatians are born without spots.
Spiders have clear blood.
Giraffes were once called "Camelopards" because people thought they were half camel and half leopard.
The Statue of Liberty's fingernails are each slightly bigger than a regular sized magazine.
The world's oceans contain enough GOLD to give two pounds to every person on the planet.
The ancient Egyptians trained monkeys to dance and play music.
Some ants can make themselves explode.
There is no sound in space.
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| September 16, 2006, 13:41 |
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now thats the kind of never need to know info a dork like myself loves. but now tell us why for them all you goddess of knowledge? 
except the giraffe one, you already did on that one
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| September 16, 2006, 13:46 |
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lizonya
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wow ~ a veritable fountain of useless information...i love it. ah, don't think there was a category for those moonie, but sure glad there is now.
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| September 16, 2006, 13:50 |
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I'm pretty sure the "space" thing has to do with lack of oxygen. Try putting a plastic bag over your head, suck out all of the air, hold it tight around your neck and try to scream!!  
As for the dalmatians... I'm not sure. They get their spots around 6 or 8 weeks, I think.
The monkeys? Why not?  I'd find it pretty darn entertaining! 
Statue of Liberty... 'Cause she's so frickin' HUGE!
Ants.... I'm thinking it's a "defense mechanism." To save the colony, maybe?
Frog bones and spiders..... just in the genes, I reckon.
Gold in the oceans. It's everywhere! My daughter asked why they don't get it out. I told her it would take a while for me to explain that..... just think of the tremendous effort it would take!  Not to mention the effects on marine wildlife and habitat 
How'd I do?
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| September 16, 2006, 13:53 |
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all i can say is some ppl sure put their education in full throttle. i admire that and find it quite talented. cute and a smarty pantz
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| September 16, 2006, 13:55 |
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guess thats acceptable for now.. think you can do better though. LOL you know if you were really clever you could have turned it around and handed out WN homework to people.
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| September 16, 2006, 13:56 |
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A wolf's sense of smell is 7 times greater than that of a bloodhound!
Why do rabbits' noses twitch? --- Rabbits' noses have about 100 smelling sensors--that's about 90 million more than humans have! Twitching up to 120 times per minute allows their sensitive sniffers to pick up more scents. And that's nothing to sneeze at. Catching an early whiff of a predator tells a rabbit when to hightail it in the other direction!
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| September 16, 2006, 13:57 |
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QUOTE (boredcountryboy @ September 16, 2006, 13:56)guess thats acceptable for now.. think you can do better though. LOL you know if you were really clever you could have turned it around and handed out WN homework to people.
Oooooooo, that's a great idea!!! I'll think some things up for y'all 
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| September 16, 2006, 13:58 |
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Ok, before I post any homework, which probably won't be until Monday, I have to give y'all one more useless fact.
Why are cats and dogs afraid of vacuum cleaners?--- To you it's just a boring vacuum, but to many pets it's an ear bursting beast on the attack. Cats and dogs are supersensitive to sound, especially high-pitched noises. To them, the whine of a vacuum may sound more like a jet engine and it's zooming all over the house! If you ran into a screeching monster in your living room, you'd hide in the closet, too!
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| September 16, 2006, 14:05 |
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lizonya
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ahahahahahahaha - these are great! always wanted to know that. i guess i should stop chasing them around the house for a sucky, huh?
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| September 16, 2006, 14:12 |
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Ok, I lied... I have more
A bullfrog's eardrum is just behind its eyes.
People really taste with their noses.
If you could unfold the human cortex (outside layer of the brain) it would be bigger than an extra large pizza.
The biggest piece of fossilized dinosaur poop ever found is 17 inches long 
A hot dog can be mummified using regular baking sod.
You can make magnifying lenses out of jello.
Bacteria in guano is used to improve such products as laundry detergents and foods... [i]gives new meaning to the term "eat shit!"
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| September 16, 2006, 14:14 |
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QUOTE (MoonHowler @ September 16, 2006, 14:14)Ok, I lied... I have more
A bullfrog's eardrum is just behind its eyes.
People really taste with their noses.
If you could unfold the human cortex (outside layer of the brain) it would be bigger than an extra large pizza.
The biggest piece of fossilized dinosaur poop ever found is 17 inches long
A hot dog can be mummified using regular baking sod.
You can make magnifying lenses out of jello.
Bacteria in guano is used to improve such products as laundry detergents and foods... [i]gives new meaning to the term "eat shit!"
*ahem!* that's "baking sodA!"
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| September 16, 2006, 14:15 |
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lizonya
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k, the brain one and dinosaur poop i could have done without. ewwwwwwwa!
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| September 16, 2006, 14:17 |
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17 inches is a pretty big piece of shit
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| September 16, 2006, 14:18 |
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QUOTE (lizonya @ September 16, 2006, 14:17)k, the brain one and dinosaur poop i could have done without. ewwwwwwwa!
I'd like to know who the hell thought to stretch out someone's cortex to see how big it is, anyhow! That's just sick! Ya' reckon the person was dead when they did it? hehe
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| September 16, 2006, 14:18 |
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Okie dokie, I will be back on Monday with homework.... and the "hangover" excuse won't work so don't even try it! I will accept a doctor's note, though
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| September 16, 2006, 14:20 |
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People really taste with their noses.
How is that possible, is that only when a nose snarffles (you know when you laugh so hard and drinking something it comes out of your nose) or what? And if a nose could taste, wouldn't it need a tongue, last time I checked my nose, I didn't see a tongue hanging out of it or in it.
QUOTE (MoonHowler @ September 16, 2006, 14:14)Ok, I lied... I have more
A bullfrog's eardrum is just behind its eyes.
People really taste with their noses.
If you could unfold the human cortex (outside layer of the brain) it would be bigger than an extra large pizza.
The biggest piece of fossilized dinosaur poop ever found is 17 inches long
A hot dog can be mummified using regular baking sod.
You can make magnifying lenses out of jello.
Bacteria in guano is used to improve such products as laundry detergents and foods... [i]gives new meaning to the term "eat shit!"
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| September 16, 2006, 16:54 |
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a good portion of what you pressume is taste is actually smell... your tongue can only give you the sweet/sour/bitter/salty... or something along those lines. that's why when you're sick and plugged up food looses most of it's taste.
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| September 16, 2006, 17:00 |
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Headon applied directly to the forehead, relieves pain.
Gawd,,,, I hate that f-----g commercial
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| September 17, 2006, 00:06 |
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Tungmeister
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QUOTE (ticaD @ September 16, 2006, 16:54)People really taste with their noses.
How is that possible, is that only when a nose snarffles (you know when you laugh so hard and drinking something it comes out of your nose) or what? And if a nose could taste, wouldn't it need a tongue, last time I checked my nose, I didn't see a tongue hanging out of it or in it.
When I was in the third grade at a Catholic school, I made a kid laugh so hard that he passed a half of a peanut butter sandwich and some chocolate milk out of his nose. Sister Benedict thought it was a miracle and took him away to be de-briefed by a priest. That's a whole 'nuther story...  / 
QUOTE (MoonHowler @ September 16, 2006, 14:14)Ok, I lied... I have more
A bullfrog's eardrum is just behind its eyes.
People really taste with their noses.
If you could unfold the human cortex (outside layer of the brain) it would be bigger than an extra large pizza.
The biggest piece of fossilized dinosaur poop ever found is 17 inches long
A hot dog can be mummified using regular baking sod.
You can make magnifying lenses out of jello.
Bacteria in guano is used to improve such products as laundry detergents and foods... [i]gives new meaning to the term "eat shit!"
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| September 17, 2006, 01:19 |
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Himalayan salt is actualy good for you
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| September 17, 2006, 02:52 |
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lizonya
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QUOTE (hothands @ September 17, 2006, 00:06)Headon applied directly to the forehead, relieves pain.
Gawd,,,, I hate that f-----g commercial
meeeeeeee tooooooooo!!!!!!!! 
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| September 17, 2006, 12:29 |
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QUOTE (ticaD @ September 16, 2006, 16:54)People really taste with their noses.
How is that possible, is that only when a nose snarffles (you know when you laugh so hard and drinking something it comes out of your nose) or what? And if a nose could taste, wouldn't it need a tongue, last time I checked my nose, I didn't see a tongue hanging out of it or in it.
QUOTE (MoonHowler @ September 16, 2006, 14:14)Ok, I lied... I have more
A bullfrog's eardrum is just behind its eyes.
People really taste with their noses.
If you could unfold the human cortex (outside layer of the brain) it would be bigger than an extra large pizza.
The biggest piece of fossilized dinosaur poop ever found is 17 inches long
A hot dog can be mummified using regular baking sod.
You can make magnifying lenses out of jello.
Bacteria in guano is used to improve such products as laundry detergents and foods... [i]gives new meaning to the term "eat shit!"
This one I can answer for you. Alton Brown talked about it on his show, Good Eats, too! There are thousands of little receptors in your nose that send signals to the brain.... a lot like the tastes bud on your tongue! Which, by the way, regenerate after you burn the shit out of them with, say, a hot cup of coffee!!!
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| September 18, 2006, 09:19 |
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lizonya
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i'm still waiting for my homework!
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| September 18, 2006, 15:28 |
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Every continent has a city called ???? (except Antarctica).... Anyone?
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| September 19, 2006, 15:13 |
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Alaskan brown bears, world's largest meat-eating animals that live on land, can weigh as much as...
A.) 1,700 pounds (771 kilograms)
B.) 1,000 pounds (454 kilograms)
C.) 500 pounds (227 kilograms)
Bears are native to the continents of North America, Asia, Europe, and...
A.) Africa
B.) South America
C.) Antarctica
Male bears are called...
A.) sows
B.) boars
C.) teddies
Bears whose brown fur is tipped with lighter-colored hairs are called...
A.) black bears
B.) grizzly bears
C.) polar bears
Most bears live _____ the equator.
A.) north of
B.) south of
C.) along
The smallest species of bears is called...
A.) sloth bears
B.) polar bears
C.) sun or Malayan bears
That'll hold ya' till tomorrow
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| September 19, 2006, 15:32 |
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That you have waaaaaaaay to much time on your hands ???
M Lev...
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| September 19, 2006, 16:33 |
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QUOTE (MoonHowler @ September 19, 2006, 15:13)Every continent has a city called ???? (except Antarctica).... Anyone?
Rome?
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| September 19, 2006, 18:44 |
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QUOTE (MoonHowler @ September 19, 2006, 15:32)Alaskan brown bears, world's largest meat-eating animals that live on land, can weigh as much as...
A.) 1,700 pounds (771 kilograms) X 1,700
B.) 1,000 pounds (454 kilograms)
C.) 500 pounds (227 kilograms)
Bears are native to the continents of North America, Asia, Europe, and...
A.) Africa
B.) South America
C.) Antarctica X Antartica
Male bears are called...
A.) sows
B.) boars X boars
C.) teddies
Bears whose brown fur is tipped with lighter-colored hairs are called...
A.) black bears
B.) grizzly bears X grizzly bears
C.) polar bears
Most bears live _____ the equator.
A.) north of X north of
B.) south of
C.) along
The smallest species of bears is called...
A.) sloth bears X sloth bears
B.) polar bears
C.) sun or Malayan bears
That'll hold ya' till tomorrow
my answers are in bold - let me know how i did.
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| September 19, 2006, 18:49 |
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I logged on here to hopefully meet horny women ... Now I got to sit thruogh a disertation by .. no les Moon.. about some trivial s>>t.. But .. Hey if I got lucky and educatesd... who cares... GITRDONE>>>>>..,.LMA cant type eithea... lol... !!! 
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| September 19, 2006, 19:41 |
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Okay, what's the more dangerous animal in the north woods: the Bear or the Moose?
Smartypantses, please chime in.
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| September 19, 2006, 20:46 |
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QUOTE (HeBoy @ September 19, 2006, 20:46)Okay, what's the more dangerous animal in the north woods: the Bear or the Moose?
Smartypantses, please chime in.
Smartypants Pepper reporting in...
The Moose is.
  
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| September 20, 2006, 00:24 |
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What color is the polar bears skin?
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| September 20, 2006, 01:45 |
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NRG4U
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QUOTE (funlovingpair @ September 20, 2006, 01:45)What color is the polar bears skin?
Smarty pants NRG4U can answer this one. The skin is black with hollow white fur covering it to draw in heat , sort of like a fiber optic cable, also white is needed for camouflage
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| September 20, 2006, 02:49 |
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QUOTE (pepper @ September 20, 2006, 00:24) QUOTE (HeBoy @ September 19, 2006, 20:46)Okay, what's the more dangerous animal in the north woods: the Bear or the Moose?
Smartypantses, please chime in.
Smartypants Pepper reporting in...
The Moose is.
Right you are, Ms. Pepper. You are a true north woods woman. With or without your smarty pants on, you are a delight! Now, can anyone tell us what's the fastest mammal on earth?
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| September 20, 2006, 08:52 |
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Just a hint about the moose . . . you shouldn't throw rocks at it, especially when it has a calf nearby. Doesn't matter if it IS eating all of the lettuce in your garden. It still is a bad idea.
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| September 20, 2006, 08:55 |
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Liz, you got all of them right except the last one.... it's the sun or Malayan bears
And Rome is correct!
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| September 20, 2006, 09:29 |
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QUOTE (rchamberlain @ September 19, 2006, 19:41)
Oh, hush up and get back to shovelin' horse shit out of the barn, ya' Texan!!! 
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| September 20, 2006, 09:31 |
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QUOTE (MoonHowler @ September 20, 2006, 09:29)Liz, you got all of them right except the last one.... it's the sun or Malayan bears
And Rome is correct!
oh my gosh...i totally guessed on all of it. i must have pretty good common sense, eh?
thanks moonie, that was fun
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| September 20, 2006, 12:05 |
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QUOTE (NRG4U @ September 20, 2006, 02:49) QUOTE (funlovingpair @ September 20, 2006, 01:45)What color is the polar bears skin? Smarty pants NRG4U can answer this one. The skin is black with hollow white fur covering it to draw in heat , sort of like a fiber optic cable, also white is needed for camouflage
Did you know that the polar bear is considered an "aquatic" mammal? Interesting, huh?
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| September 20, 2006, 15:13 |
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QUOTE (lizonya @ September 20, 2006, 12:05) QUOTE (MoonHowler @ September 20, 2006, 09:29)Liz, you got all of them right except the last one.... it's the sun or Malayan bears
And Rome is correct!
oh my gosh...i totally guessed on all of it. i must have pretty good common sense, eh?
thanks moonie, that was fun
I'm so sorry, Liz.... I'm bad at grading papers... You got two wrong.....
Bears are native to the continents of North America, Asia, Europe, and...
South America
Hey, I never said I was a teacher
You still did awesome
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| September 20, 2006, 15:16 |
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PLUG
Did you know.....
I just entered my baby girl into the Animal Planet photo contest They're gonna be showing entries...... so if you watch all through September on Friday nights starting at 6 eastern and see a picture of a black dog with a tennis ball suspended in mid air between her jaws... That'd be her!!! 
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| September 22, 2006, 11:18 |
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Porpoises and dolphins are...
fish
reptiles
mammals
There are about ___ species, or kinds, of porpoises and dolphins.
10
20
40
Members of the dolphin family may swim in...
packs
pods
squads
Most porpoises and dolphins navigate by using...
electrocution
echolocation
elocution
Porpoises and dolphins communicate with each other by squeaking, growling, moaning, and...
talking
whistling
hand signaling
DUH!
The largest member of the dolphin family is called...
a narwhal
a Ganges susu
an orca, or killer whale
That last one still fascinates me to this day!
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| September 22, 2006, 11:26 |
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| September 22, 2006, 11:32 |
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QUOTE (HeBoy @ September 20, 2006, 08:52) QUOTE (pepper @ September 20, 2006, 00:24) QUOTE (HeBoy @ September 19, 2006, 20:46)Okay, what's the more dangerous animal in the north woods: the Bear or the Moose?
Smartypantses, please chime in.
Smartypants Pepper reporting in...
The Moose is.
Right you are, Ms. Pepper. You are a true north woods woman. With or without your smarty pants on, you are a delight! Now, can anyone tell us what's the fastest mammal on earth?
Didn't see this one before. That would be the cheetah.
Now if you want to get into specifics.... on land? yes... in the sea?..... we can go there, too!
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| September 22, 2006, 11:36 |
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The perigrine falcon is the fastest in the air.... in the see, the orca is the fastest mammal..... and get this!....
According to Guinness World Records, the cosmopolitan sailfish is considered the fastest fish in the sea.
They point out that measuring a fish's speed over a short distance is very difficult to do. Still, in a series of speed trials carried out at the Long Key Fishing Camp in Florida, one sailfish took out 300 feet of line in three seconds, which is equivalent to a velocity of 68 mph.
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| September 22, 2006, 11:44 |
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lizonya
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QUOTE (MoonHowler @ September 22, 2006, 11:26)Porpoises and dolphins are...
fish
reptiles
mammals
There are about ___ species, or kinds, of porpoises and dolphins.
10
20
40
Members of the dolphin family may swim in...
packs
pods
squads
Most porpoises and dolphins navigate by using...
electrocution
echolocation
elocution
Porpoises and dolphins communicate with each other by squeaking, growling, moaning, and...
talking
whistling
hand signaling
DUH!
The largest member of the dolphin family is called...
a narwhal
a Ganges susu
an orca, or killer whale
That last one still fascinates me to this day!
ok, i'm going to try my hand at the dolphins quiz only cuz i luv em and recently saw a special about them on PBS channel. my answers are in bold. let me know how i did.
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| September 22, 2006, 12:50 |
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QUOTE (MoonHowler @ September 20, 2006, 09:29)Liz, you got all of them right except the last one.... it's the sun or Malayan bears
And Rome is correct!
There are no bears in Antarctica.
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| September 22, 2006, 13:04 |
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lizonya
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QUOTE (nineforu @ September 22, 2006, 13:04) QUOTE (MoonHowler @ September 20, 2006, 09:29)Liz, you got all of them right except the last one.... it's the sun or Malayan bears
And Rome is correct!
There are no bears in Antarctica.
i was thinking polar bears...but yeah, i know now - she told me she could add up the score right and i got that one right too. thanks nineforu!
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