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On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 08:34:35 GMT, "David Coggins"
wrote: "Lindsay MacArthur" wrote in message news One should never forget that Australia is home to some of the most venemous snakes and spiders on the planet....not to mention other animals such at crocodiles, sharks, Portuguese Man-Of War and who could forget the box jellyfish...... So politicians have quite a bit to contend with down under. LMac David, sorry to be technical here, but I couldn't resist ;-) Spiders are insects No, they are arachnids; insects have only 6 legs! Snakes and crocodiles are reptiles Sharks are fish Portuguese man-o-war and box jellyfish are classified as fish Err, I think Coelenterates or something. But ALL of the above are ANIMALS, they're just not MAMMALS, which most people think of as "animals". All living things are divided into only a few top-level groups. Used to be just Plants and Animals, so it was easy to see where most things stood. But now they've broken out Bacteria and those new-fangled Archaea and some other teensy critters, so common usage is more of a problem. I re-iterate - there are NO poisonous ANIMALS in Oz - except maybe my wife :-)))) She has been a potter for 32 years, and is sure to have ingested a few poisons along the way!! Bob Masta dqatechATdaqartaDOTcom D A Q A R T A Data AcQuisition And Real-Time Analysis Shareware from Interstellar Research www.daqarta.com |
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OK,OK - I stand corrected!!
Still, it was a bit of fun anyway. Dave David, sorry to be technical here, but I couldn't resist ;-) Spiders are insects No, they are arachnids; insects have only 6 legs! Snakes and crocodiles are reptiles Sharks are fish Portuguese man-o-war and box jellyfish are classified as fish Err, I think Coelenterates or something. But ALL of the above are ANIMALS, they're just not MAMMALS, which most people think of as "animals". All living things are divided into only a few top-level groups. Used to be just Plants and Animals, so it was easy to see where most things stood. But now they've broken out Bacteria and those new-fangled Archaea and some other teensy critters, so common usage is more of a problem. I re-iterate - there are NO poisonous ANIMALS in Oz - except maybe my wife :-)))) She has been a potter for 32 years, and is sure to have ingested a few poisons along the way!! Bob Masta dqatechATdaqartaDOTcom D A Q A R T A Data AcQuisition And Real-Time Analysis Shareware from Interstellar Research www.daqarta.com |
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