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1. I wasn't aware platypus's were venomous.
2. It appears while not fatal, I definitely wouldn't want to be spurred
by one.
3. Why only the males? Is this to resolve territory disputes?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus_venom#Effect_on_humans
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Mike Raiford wrote:
> 1. I wasn't aware platypus's were venomous.
So is the Comodo Dragon, apparently. One of the only venemous reptiles
in the world...
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Invisible wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>> 1. I wasn't aware platypus's were venomous.
>
> So is the Comodo Dragon, apparently. One of the only venemous reptiles
> in the world...
Apart from a lot of snakes, that is :-)
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Vincent
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>>> 1. I wasn't aware platypus's were venomous.
>>
>> So is the Comodo Dragon, apparently. One of the only venemous reptiles
>> in the world...
>
> Apart from a lot of snakes, that is :-)
Hmm, good point.
Perhaps the correct quote was "few venemous lizards"?
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On 5/14/2010 3:06 AM, Invisible wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>> 1. I wasn't aware platypus's were venomous.
>
> So is the Comodo Dragon, apparently. One of the only venemous reptiles
> in the world...
Interesting ... I always thought it was because their mouth was so full
of nasty bacteria.
So, I went to the wiki article...
Also didn't know there was another set of chromosomes for determining
sex. I always thought it was XY, in the dragon's case, it's ZW, which
apparently allows for parthenogenesis, producing male offspring without
the need for the female laying the eggs to mate.
Amazing what you can learn by hanging out on the POV newsgroups :)
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>> So is the Comodo Dragon, apparently. One of the only venemous reptiles
>> in the world...
>
> Interesting ... I always thought it was because their mouth was so full
> of nasty bacteria.
So did everybody else, apparently. It has only recently become known
that they have actual venom.
> Also didn't know there was another set of chromosomes for determining
> sex. I always thought it was XY, in the dragon's case, it's ZW, which
> apparently allows for parthenogenesis, producing male offspring without
> the need for the female laying the eggs to mate.
Sure, by no means all animals use chromosomal sex determination.
Crocodiles use the temperature of the eggs during their development, for
example. I'm told there's a species of Gobi (that's a fish) that are all
born male, and all grow up to be female. And let's not even get into the
number of animals which are simultaneously male *and* female... It's a
weird, weird world out there!
> Amazing what you can learn by hanging out on the POV newsgroups :)
Uh, affirm that! ;-)
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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> Crocodiles use the temperature of the eggs during their development, for
> example. I'm told there's a species of Gobi (that's a fish) that are all
> born male, and all grow up to be female. And let's not even get into the
> number of animals which are simultaneously male *and* female... It's a
> weird, weird world out there!
How about no males at all:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Grassland_Whiptail_Lizard
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Warp wrote:
> How about no males at all:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Grassland_Whiptail_Lizard
...or that, yes. ;-)
I reaffirm: It's a weird world out there.
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: 4bed4b33$1@news.povray.org...
> I reaffirm: It's a weird world out there.
An all-female species? How banal. Just look at these critters:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18834-zoologger-the-most-bizarre-life-story-on-earth.html
I've read it several times and I still can't figure out who is having sex
with who.
BTW, there goes your afternoon: http://www.newscientist.com/topic/zoologger
G.
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Gilles Tran wrote:
> BTW, there goes your afternoon: http://www.newscientist.com/topic/zoologger
Oh, gee, thanks for that! >_<
http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn17247-top-ten-new-species/2
Weirdest snail shell ever?
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