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DA ; Simply Vicky: Don't get pithy with me! Posted Jun 9, 2005
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I thought all penguins did that?
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benjahv: windswept and interesting Posted Jun 9, 2005
ostrichs lay the smallest eggs in comparison to thier body weight the eggs should be much bigger.
bumbles should not be able to fly but they do.
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Shhhhh Posted Jun 9, 2005
An Ostrich egg can be filled with approx. 24 normal size hens eggs
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james-hamid Posted Jun 9, 2005
If an ostrich egg is filled with cement - it becomes an affensive weapon
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Jun 9, 2005
The humanoid known as Dante del diablo is actually a variety of troll. 
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pffffft Posted Jun 9, 2005
Eight out of ten Gimp owners state that their Dante del diablo prefers it.
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Baron Grim Posted Jul 15, 2005
Wow!... no useless facts for five weeks... time to bump...
Bats make up one forth of all mammals on Earth.
20,000,000 bats can eat 40,000 lbs of insects in one night.
Only 0.5% of bats contract rabies.
Once infected they die within days.
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WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean. Posted Jul 18, 2005
Rubbing linseed oil into your bat stops it cracking
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Jul 18, 2005
Well, whatever floats your boat Mr. Ross... 
Been on the Number 6 lately?
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pffffft Posted Jul 18, 2005
It is physically impossible for a bat rubbed with linseed oil to either crack or vomit whilst underwater.
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WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean. Posted Jul 19, 2005
Due to the rigidity of it's hide and a propensity for wallowing in mud a rhinoceros must close it's eyes to open it's anal sphincter.
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Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... Posted Jul 19, 2005
The African Elephant can hear such low frequencies that it can detect thunderstorms up to twenty miles away.
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Baron Grim Posted Jul 19, 2005
Is twenty miles that far to hear thunder?
What's the speed of sound again?... Let's see.... count five for every mile after the flash... Ok... Yea.. I've never counted one hundred... that's pretty sensitive... Of course on the African savanah I imagine sound travels well with little obstruction.
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Baron Grim Posted Aug 19, 2005
And this thread can sleep for a month. 
The only unprotected birds in North America are pigeons,
sparrows and starlings. All other birds are federally protected and it's
illegal to possess any protected species without a permit.
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- 2081: james-hamid (Jun 8, 2005)
- 2082: DA ; Simply Vicky: Don't get pithy with me! (Jun 9, 2005)
- 2083: benjahv: windswept and interesting (Jun 9, 2005)
- 2084: Shhhhh (Jun 9, 2005)
- 2085: james-hamid (Jun 9, 2005)
- 2086: Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... (Jun 9, 2005)
- 2087: pffffft (Jun 9, 2005)
- 2088: DA ; Simply Vicky: Don't get pithy with me! (Jun 10, 2005)
- 2089: Shhhhh (Jun 10, 2005)
- 2090: Baron Grim (Jul 15, 2005)
- 2091: WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean. (Jul 18, 2005)
- 2092: Madam_Cone (Jul 18, 2005)
- 2093: Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... (Jul 18, 2005)
- 2094: pffffft (Jul 18, 2005)
- 2095: Shhhhh (Jul 18, 2005)
- 2096: WanderingAlbatross - Wing-tipping down the rollers of life's ocean. (Jul 19, 2005)
- 2097: Mr. Dreadful - But really I'm not actually your friend, but I am... (Jul 19, 2005)
- 2098: Baron Grim (Jul 19, 2005)
- 2099: Madam_Cone (Jul 19, 2005)
- 2100: Baron Grim (Aug 19, 2005)
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