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Venomous mammal caught on camera
BBC ^
| Friday, 9 January 2009 06:22 GMT,
| Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC News
Posted on 01/09/2009 9:18:47 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
01/09/2009 9:50:40 AM PST
by
tillacum
(.)
To: Scythian
If you remain frozen, wouldn’t that mean your last step was your last?
22
posted on
01/09/2009 9:50:41 AM PST
by
stuartcr
(If the end doesn't justify the means...why have different means?)
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
01/09/2009 9:51:04 AM PST
by
tillacum
(.)
To: MeanWestTexan
Cute little bugger. Don’t think I would have one as a pet, though.
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posted on
01/09/2009 9:52:39 AM PST
by
mysterio
To: Scythian
Now that is funny.
But you're partially right. The solenodon really has no defensive mechanism. It more or less sits there and freezes when it is encountered.
That's why the introduction of domestic pets (dogs and cats) doomed it.
To be perfectly honest, I thought the solenodon was extinct. There truly is no hope for it in the wild. If the species is going to persist, it will only be in zoos in the future.
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posted on
01/09/2009 9:53:32 AM PST
by
Flycatcher
(Strong copy for a strong America)
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks...this one has some interesting detail:
The Teeth or the Tooth that does the job....:
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
27
posted on
01/09/2009 10:03:54 AM PST
by
LRS
(Just contracts; just laws; just a constitution...)
To: LRS
did someone mention killer shrews?
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posted on
01/09/2009 10:10:39 AM PST
by
sten
To: LRS
How'd you like a bite form this?
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posted on
01/09/2009 10:11:12 AM PST
by
Young Werther
(Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
To: Young Werther
To: rednesss
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posted on
01/09/2009 10:23:50 AM PST
by
SkyDancer
("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad, Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Venomous mammals
Sounds like a good name for a punk rock group
the winds just kicked in pretty good here..
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posted on
01/09/2009 10:29:25 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed.)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Under threat from introduced species? Is the selodon too stupid to just bite the introduced species?
To: SkyDancer
My wife just walked into the room bringing me another cup of coffee as I had that photo onscreen.
I won't describe what happened, other than to say she now has to bring me another cup of coffee.
LOL. And thanks, I think...
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posted on
01/09/2009 10:36:50 AM PST
by
Flycatcher
(Strong copy for a strong America)
To: Red in Blue PA
"Re: venomous mammal Al Franken?"That would work, except that Franken is a snake.
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posted on
01/09/2009 10:38:21 AM PST
by
Designer
(We are SO scrood!)
To: Flycatcher
Thanks!
I laffed my self silly when I first saw it ...
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posted on
01/09/2009 10:39:15 AM PST
by
SkyDancer
("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad, Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
To: NormsRevenge
Nice morning down here....no wind as yet.
To: WayneS
"but it is under threat from deforestation,
hunting and introduced species..."
Hunting ?
Whose hunting these things?
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posted on
01/09/2009 10:57:34 AM PST
by
RedMonqey
(Embracing my "Inner Redneck")
To: SkyDancer
That is truly grotesque. Stomach-turningly grotesque...
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posted on
01/09/2009 10:59:29 AM PST
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: MeanWestTexan
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posted on
01/09/2009 11:01:03 AM PST
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
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