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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Two Animals #124690 03/06/2004 6:03 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... What are some examples of animals that appear to be on the surface very similar, but are, in fact, quite different in at least one distinctive regard? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Two Animals #124691 03/06/2004 6:15 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 There are numerous marsupials that, through environmental pressures, appear very similar to placentals that fill equivalent environmental niches. I'm thinking specifically of a wolf-like marsupial. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/marsupial/marsupialwolf.gif Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Two Animals #124692 03/06/2004 8:04 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Use the past tense, that man! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Two Animals #124693 03/06/2004 8:27 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Faldage: Der Quibblemeister asks is it not filling a similar niche in predator hierarchy rather than adjusting to environmental pressure? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Two Animals #124694 03/06/2004 9:51 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Methinks Pfranz is trying to out quibble you, Dr Bill. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Two Animals #124695 03/07/2004 1:41 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok - joe [a quibble is worth a thousand facts] sunday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Two Animals #124696 03/07/2004 2:16 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WW: Not a really good example, but the lamprey eel and the true (Sargasso?) eels look quite similar except for mouth parts. Here's a URL with a lot of pictures of fish found in Pennsylvania: http://216.239.53.104/search?q=cache:qDo3fZN4SbsJ:sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Fish_Boat/pafish/fishhtms/chapindx.htm+picture+lamprey+eel&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 Sorry that URL made screen go wide. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,438 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 22 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,253 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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