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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: Olm , Proteus anguinus [Re: BranShea] #182054 01/26/09 06:44 PM 01/26/09 06:44 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,158 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,158 Land of the Flat Water First thing I do each morning is go to National Geographic network for the fascinating things they have there. Today photos of Saturn are scintillating and magnificent. Then I go to emails. I have subscribed to the magazine since 1959: and read it cover to cover. So I love the topic you brought up, as well as that fascinating video from a few days back on the DominicanREpublic critter that looks like an opossum. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Re: Olm , Proteus anguinus [Re: parkelj] #182075 01/27/09 02:25 PM 01/27/09 02:25 PM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook   old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania Originally Posted By: parkelj It was. And when they were first found about five hundred years ago they were thought to be baby dragons. I can see it now. Shonky olm salesmen running around Europe flogging off baby dragons for buckets of ducats and hightailing it before they fail to grow up... Re: Olm , Proteus anguinus [Re: The Pook] #182208 01/30/09 06:50 PM 01/30/09 06:50 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,158 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8   Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,158 Land of the Flat Water Originally Posted By: The Pook Originally Posted By: parkelj It was. And when they were first found about five hundred years ago they were thought to be baby dragons. I can see it now. Shonky olm salesmen running around Europe flogging off baby dragons for buckets of ducats and hightailing it before they fail to grow up... That's quite a sentence there, I would not want to have to parse it, but I'd love to be on that safari. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Page 2 of 2 1 2 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts View Profile Send Private Message Follow User Show Forum Posts Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,883 Posts224,836 Members9,056 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Nikki1221, Veezkneez, LOC, Luna, wordie 9056 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 registered members (), 176 guests, and 3 spiders. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 49 LukeJavan8 24 A C Bowden 13 LOC 1 Wordsmith 1 Top Posters(All Time) wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,538 LukeJavan8 9,158 wofahulicodoc 7,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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