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Post by Hippo on Sept 14, 2015 15:17:11 GMT -5
Ask clambake ganews over there, couldn't tell a bug from a bird that guy.
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Post by ganews on Sept 14, 2015 15:38:19 GMT -5
Ask clambake ganews over there, couldn't tell a bug from a bird that guy. Don't go bothering me for playing along with a Calvin and Hobbes quote. I know all about avians and hemipterans.
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Post by Hippo on Sept 14, 2015 15:43:00 GMT -5
The only way to win is not play... and place all the blame on heroboy, it's his fault.
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Post by Lord Lucan on Sept 14, 2015 16:16:51 GMT -5
Bats aren't bugs, they eat bugs but these ones don't, did you read the article? I feel like you're not paying full attention.
ganews already backed up my point. Let's look at the facts:
1: They fly 2: They're ugly and hairy
Ergo, bugs. I don't know why you chowderheads can't understand this.
OH, THEY'RE UGLY ARE THEY? Right, well why don't you tell that to this little angel, then. He didn't hear you the first time.
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Post by William T. Goat, Esq. on Sept 14, 2015 18:48:09 GMT -5
Actually heroboy, the Bible tells us that bats are birds.
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Post by ganews on Sept 14, 2015 20:45:34 GMT -5
Actually heroboy, the Bible tells us that bats are birds. And that the mustard seed is the smallest seed in the world.
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Post by Gumbercules' Jugband Christmas on Sept 15, 2015 13:49:29 GMT -5
Actually heroboy, the Bible tells us that bats are birds. And that the mustard seed is the smallest seed in the world. And don't forget that everything is an abomination. So abominable!
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Post by Post-Lupin on Sept 16, 2015 6:36:26 GMT -5
did you read the article? I feel like you're not paying full attention. The AV ClubAlso: anyone who doesn't like bats generally and fruit bats especially is probably the sort of person who eats babies.
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Post by moimoi on Sept 17, 2015 12:49:07 GMT -5
hippo - I don't suppose prairie dogs are anywhere on your docket? I am fascinated by their colonizing tendencies, as well as their ass-to-rest-of-body ratio. How can an animal that's 90% rump not be cute?
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Post by Hippo on Sept 17, 2015 13:02:08 GMT -5
I didn't but I do now, always down for cute animals to give facts about.
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Post by Logoboros on Sept 17, 2015 14:54:54 GMT -5
moimoi That photo kind of makes it look like he's a prairie dog centaur.
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Post by moimoi on Sept 17, 2015 16:08:36 GMT -5
moimoi That photo kind of makes it look like he's a prairie dog centaur. Well then how about another!
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Post by Dellarigg on Sept 17, 2015 16:16:33 GMT -5
That one looks like it's saying 'The fuck you want from me?'
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Post by Hippo on Sept 17, 2015 23:09:57 GMT -5
So the prairie dog is your spirit animal, Dellarigg? I see..
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Post by moimoi on Sept 17, 2015 23:18:46 GMT -5
That one looks like it's saying 'The fuck you want from me?' 'The fuck you want from me...and my proud azzz?"
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Post by rainbowsherbert on Sept 17, 2015 23:31:17 GMT -5
One Saturday night, I was walking downtown after bars had closed and came across a group of about 20 absolutely wasted people standing around in a circle, very quiet and intently looking down at something. When I looked into their circle I saw a tiny little bat, just minding his own business. It's rare to see a drunk mob in silent awe of something, but that's just the magic of bats.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2015 23:56:08 GMT -5
Here are all the facts I know about bats:
#1: Bats = Bugs
Oh yeah, Bats: B-
BATS AREN'T BUGS !!
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Post by ganews on Sept 18, 2015 6:32:20 GMT -5
Here are all the facts I know about bats:
#1: Bats = Bugs
Oh yeah, Bats: B-
BATS AREN'T BUGS !!Look, who's giving the report? YOU chowderheads... or ME?!
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Post by dLᵒ on Sept 20, 2015 22:49:34 GMT -5
Starlings can go eat a dick made of asbestos Infact I think they do that regularly and just spread mites everywhere
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Post by Hippo on Sept 20, 2015 23:03:42 GMT -5
You just wanted to say murmuration, didn't you? Can't blame you, it's an awesome word. They'll be on the subs bench, once I'm done with the first 14 I'll be doing season two essentially with 14 others which'll include some of the currently benched species.
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Sept 20, 2015 23:48:42 GMT -5
Oh I love collective nouns!
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Post by Hippo on Sept 21, 2015 2:14:33 GMT -5
For this week, we're going for the capybara, the largest rodent on earth!
Capybara, water pig, grass pig, giant hamster thing, whichever name you might want to call them you may be fascinated by these rodents of unusual size. Another South American species, the capybara are the largest species in the Rodentia order standing at 1.5 feet tall. They are closely related to the far smaller guinea pig or cavy. The capybara are semi-aquatic herbivorous animals, generally capable of running as fast as a horse and mostly live on grasses and bark. They have a lifespan of around 10 years in captivity, often far less in the wild as they are prey for various animals. They're social animals, often living in groups of 20 capy and are very close in behaviour with an upcoming semi-aquatic mammal, the hippopotamus. They both can stay underwater for around five minutes, like mud wallowing and have a small reputation for being lazy though you're not likely to be gored by a capybara chasing after you. You might be looking at a capybara and thinking "kinda looks like a beaver". Well, they're both rodents though not related but consider the nutria instead which does look like a beaver/capybara hybrid with bright orange teeth. Nutria is also Spanish for otter so never say I don't teach you new things about animals I've already covered. To complete things here are the cute pics you probably ignored the text to see.
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Post by Logoboros on Sept 21, 2015 9:11:53 GMT -5
Overall very cute, but those are super ugly feet (esp. in the bow-tie pic). They look like they didn't get fully baked or something.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2015 9:55:03 GMT -5
Overall very cute, but those are super ugly feet (esp. in the bow-tie pic). They look like they didn't get fully baked or something. Those look like gnarled-root feet.
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Post by Logoboros on Sept 21, 2015 10:03:21 GMT -5
Those look like gnarled-root feet. Capybara: the Swamp Thing of the, uh, swamp... things.
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Post by Lord Lucan on Sept 21, 2015 10:19:19 GMT -5
I'm surprised to learn how fast they can run.
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Post by Logoboros on Sept 21, 2015 10:26:57 GMT -5
Lord Lucan: Hey, weren't you cautioned about posting lascivious pictures?! ("Hippo's Wild World of Animals" turned into a slash-fic thread so gradually I hardly noticed.)
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Post by Lord Lucan on Sept 21, 2015 12:10:46 GMT -5
Capybaras love puppies!
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Post by Logoboros on Sept 21, 2015 12:12:25 GMT -5
Lord Lucan: And now you're posting CHEESECAKE shots? It just doesn't stop!
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Post by moimoi on Sept 21, 2015 12:39:20 GMT -5
But what of their association with oversize Ticks and moth-men?
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