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Scientist: Salamander Eats Bat Droppings
The News Herald ^
| Dec 5,2005
| unknown (AP)
Posted on 12/06/2005 12:36:51 PM PST by shooter223
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- After two years of study in an isolated northeast Oklahoma cave, Jim Stout has discovered that a rare species of grotto salamander has a diet much different from what was expected.
Stout, the supervisor of the Herpetarium at the Oklahoma City Zoo, has helped write a report published by a leading scholarly journal that documents how a blind cave-dwelling salamander eats bat droppings. The salamander was thought to subsist on bugs and shrimp and this is the first report of a salamander, or any amphibian, living on bat guano.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: guano
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MALE SALAMANDER: "What's for dinner dear?" FEMALE SALAMANDER: "Same old s**t."
To: shooter223
"Mmmmm. Bat guano".
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:38:18 PM PST
by
manwiththehands
("Attack (Democrats) until they stop twitching and then attack some more." -J. Peter Mulhern)
To: Salamander
HA-HA!!!
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
it was probably sarcasm)
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:38:38 PM PST
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: shooter223
I thought only American journalists did that!
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:38:52 PM PST
by
Spok
(Est omnis de civilitate.)
To: manwiththehands
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:39:37 PM PST
by
Salamander
(Cursed With Second Sight)
To: shooter223
How much tax money went to fund that valuable study?
To: PatrickHenry
Break out the copraphagic ping list.
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:39:53 PM PST
by
Junior
(From now on, I'll stick to science, and leave the hunting alien mutants to the experts!)
To: shooter223
Hey, even a blind salamander can find some bat sh1t some days!
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:40:23 PM PST
by
RightResponse
(What if the Left, just got up and .....)
To: shooter223
Pardon me, but is this stool taken?
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:40:39 PM PST
by
Maceman
(Fake but accurate -- and now double-sourced)
To: shooter223
Non-Scientist: Democrats eat bat droppings.
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:40:56 PM PST
by
RetiredArmy
(I have no faith in any politician or political party any more. They all lie for their agendas.)
To: shooter223
Proof that evolution ain't pretty...
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:42:32 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: shooter223
If that whole reincarnation thing turns out to be true, then coming back as a blind cave-dwelling salamander who subsists on bat guano would have to be reserved for some pretty bad people (*cough* Bill Clinton *cough*)
To: Owl_Eagle
It was only a matter of time before somebody dragged *me* through this sh*t so I tried to pre-empt it.
[looks like I wasn't quick enough]......:))
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:42:55 PM PST
by
Salamander
(Cursed With Second Sight)
To: Pharmboy
LOL! Let's hear from the ID folks on this one.
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:43:12 PM PST
by
coloradan
(Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
To: shooter223
...how a blind cave-dwelling salamander eats bat droppings. I KNOW HOW, I want to know WHY........
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:43:32 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Dan rather didn't say "Courage", he said "Couric"..................)
To: coloradan
Every animal has its niche...........
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:44:06 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Dan rather didn't say "Courage", he said "Couric"..................)
To: shooter223
So how much did tax payers have to kick in for this great leap forward?
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:44:19 PM PST
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: shooter223
Dogs eat Cat poo.....no new news here....
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:44:20 PM PST
by
Fawn
(Try not---do or do not. ~~ Yoda)
To: Fawn
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:45:05 PM PST
by
Salamander
(Cursed With Second Sight)
To: Red Badger
Serves as a stool softener for all those crusty bugs and shrimp in the normal diet....
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posted on
12/06/2005 12:45:07 PM PST
by
RightResponse
(What if the Left, just got up and .....)
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