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I heard on NPR this morning about an octopus that has been trained to open jars of shrimp for its lunch.
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How about the salmon farms that can teach salmon to return to artificial pond where they
were spawned, by putting a distinctive chemical into the water? (Maybe the process can be
extended to teach the salmon to jump into tin cans, ready to be sold.)
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Juan,
Kiwis don't lay the largest eggs; ostriches do. Your link indicated that kiwis lay the largest eggs in proportion to their body size. But the ostrich lays the largest bird egg out there.
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Yes, WW, you're absolutely correct. I thought of correcting Juan at the time, but was more concerned by the statement that the kiwi could be considered an Australian bird. In fact, the passage Juan quoted merely proves that the kiwi of yore had the wit, good taste, and plain common sense to leave Australia and not go back, thereby distinguishing itself as a truly bright bird.
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Careful, Juan. Sounds to me like she's bucking for your title as Nit-picker in Chief.
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Speaking of nit pickers. A Brown grad told me of bringing his date into foyer of frat house,
and their being amused by spectacle of intoxicated frater totally naked, with feet up on center
table with large goldfish bowl, with magnifying glass and tweezers, picking nits and crabs off
his pubic area, and feeding them to the goldfish.
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WW - We finally have an answer to your *original question.
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Yeah, WW, Kiwi eggs are about 1/3 (one third!) of the female Kiwi's weight (averages here, of course) it would be about the same as a human, let's say average weight if 100 lbs, giving birth to a 30 to 35 lb baby!
I once, in very short passing, weighed 100,(on my way to a larger size) but my children, when born, were "big"-- my son was 9 lbs, my daughter, 9lbs, 15 ounces.(both were 24 inches long--so they were big, not just well padded!) Not even 10% of my weight.
i feel very sorry for the poor momma kiwi who has to lay an egg that big!
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In reply to:
To hear the sound of a kiwi, click here:
http://www.learnz.org.nz/2k/nestegg/index.htm
Do they travel in time and relative dimensions in space?
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In reply to:
I heard on NPR this morning about an octopus that has been trained to open jars of shrimp for its lunch.
Why? Why had the octopus been so trained? Just to see whether it could?
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