by neufer » Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:13 pm
orin stepanek wrote:http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091031.html
It may look ghostly; but to me it looks more like a bird waiting for mama to bring a nice juicy worm. It even has a twinkle in it's eye.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus wrote:
<<The Platypus is a carnivore: it feeds on annelid worms and insect larvae, freshwater shrimps, and yabbies (freshwater crayfish) that it digs out of the riverbed with its snout or catches while swimming. It utilises cheek-pouches to carry prey to the surface where they are eaten. The common name, Platypus, is Latin derived from the Greek words πλατύς ("platys", flat, broad) and πους ("pous", foot), meaning "flat foot." There is no universally agreed upon plural of "platypus" in the English language. Scientists generally use "platypuses" or simply "platypus". Colloquially, "platypi" is also used for the plural, although this is technically incorrect; the Greek plural would be "platypodes".>>
[quote="orin stepanek"]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091031.html
It may look ghostly; but to me it looks more like a bird waiting for mama to bring a nice juicy worm. It even has a twinkle in it's eye. :lol:[/quote]
[quote=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus"]
<<The Platypus is a carnivore: it feeds on annelid worms and insect larvae, freshwater shrimps, and yabbies (freshwater crayfish) that it digs out of the riverbed with its snout or catches while swimming. It utilises cheek-pouches to carry prey to the surface where they are eaten. The common name, Platypus, is Latin derived from the Greek words πλατύς ("platys", flat, broad) and πους ("pous", foot), meaning "flat foot." There is no universally agreed upon plural of "platypus" in the English language. Scientists generally use "platypuses" or simply "platypus". Colloquially, "platypi" is also used for the plural, although this is technically incorrect; the Greek plural would be "platypodes".>>[/quote]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Platypus-sketch.jpg[/img]