that's odd.
throughout 18 seasons of the simpsons, i don't think maggie's ever spoken a word, let alone express any opinion about the falklands islands.
or perhaps this is what lay people call an over-abundance of poetic license inherent in judith's thinking. (or poitic license, whichever pronunciation you prefer. who is to say who is write, and anyway, it might just be mr. ang indulging in poetic license as well?)
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Aardvark (wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardvark)
The Aardvark (Orycteropus afer; sometimes called "antbear") is a medium-sized mammal native to Africa. The name comes from the Afrikaans/Dutch for "earth pig" (aarde earth, varken pig), because early settlers from Europe thought it resembled a pig. However, the Aardvark is not closely related to pigs.
The Aardvark is the only surviving member of the family Orycteropodidae and of the order Tubulidentata. The Aardvark was originally placed in the same order as the South American anteaters because of superficial similarities which, it is now known, are the result of convergent evolution, not common ancestry. For the same reason, Aardvarks bear a striking first-glance resemblance to the marsupial bandicoots, bilbies, and numbats of Australasia, which are not placental mammals at all. The Aardvark is now in its own genus, Orycteropus...
The most distinctive characteristic of the Tubulidentata is (as the name implies) their teeth, which, instead of having a pulp cavity, have a number of thin tubes of dentine, each containing pulp and held together by cementum. The teeth have no enamel coating and are worn away and regrow continuously. The Aardvark is born with conventional incisors and canines at the front of the jaw, but these fall out and are not replaced. Adult Aardvarks have only molars at the back of the jaw...
The Aardvark is nocturnal and is a solitary creature that feeds almost exclusively on ants and termites (formicivore); the only fruit eaten by aardvarks is the aardvark cucumber. An aardvark emerges from its burrow in the late afternoon or shortly after sunset, and forages over a considerable home range encompassing 10 to 30 kilometers,[1] swinging its long nose from side to side to pick up the scent of food. When a concentration of ants or termites is detected, the Aardvark digs into it with its powerful front legs, keeping its long ears upright to listen for predators, and takes up an astonishing number of insects with its long, sticky tongue—as many as 50,000 in one night have been recorded. It is an exceptionally fast digger, but otherwise moves fairly slowly. Its claws enable it to dig through the extremely hard crust of a termite mound quickly, avoiding the dust by sealing the nostrils. When successful, the aardvark's long (as long as 30 centimeters) tongue licks up the insects; the termites's stinging attacks are rendered futile by the tough skin. Its keen hearing warns it of predators: lions, leopards, hyenas, and pythons.
The Aardvark is distributed across most of sub-Saharan Africa, and although hunted by humans both for its flesh (commonly described as tasting similar to pork) and for its teeth (which are used as decorations), does not appear to be threatened. The Aardvark has become a staple in the diets of some tribes native to eastern Africa.
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since we have apparently taken to blogging everything, i guess i should start transplanting the whole of wikipedia - since wiki has beaten encyclopedia britannica on the number of entries - onto our blog. post by post. (so this should mean we would go on posting for a long time.)
i do promise, however, since we blog anything as well, to not have it in alphabetical order. that would give it the semblance of randomness implied in the word.
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funny, i always thought we put Art in gArters.
actually, we make a living by painting them, in different colours, brightly, and adorning them with various kinds of ribbons. we think of this blog as a sideshow to our main occupation, really.
of course, if we were really that cultured and sophisticated, we would be putting the Art in SArtre.
but that, sadly, is a very difficult endeavour.
throughout 18 seasons of the simpsons, i don't think maggie's ever spoken a word, let alone express any opinion about the falklands islands.
or perhaps this is what lay people call an over-abundance of poetic license inherent in judith's thinking. (or poitic license, whichever pronunciation you prefer. who is to say who is write, and anyway, it might just be mr. ang indulging in poetic license as well?)
***
Aardvark (wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardvark)
The Aardvark (Orycteropus afer; sometimes called "antbear") is a medium-sized mammal native to Africa. The name comes from the Afrikaans/Dutch for "earth pig" (aarde earth, varken pig), because early settlers from Europe thought it resembled a pig. However, the Aardvark is not closely related to pigs.
The Aardvark is the only surviving member of the family Orycteropodidae and of the order Tubulidentata. The Aardvark was originally placed in the same order as the South American anteaters because of superficial similarities which, it is now known, are the result of convergent evolution, not common ancestry. For the same reason, Aardvarks bear a striking first-glance resemblance to the marsupial bandicoots, bilbies, and numbats of Australasia, which are not placental mammals at all. The Aardvark is now in its own genus, Orycteropus...
The most distinctive characteristic of the Tubulidentata is (as the name implies) their teeth, which, instead of having a pulp cavity, have a number of thin tubes of dentine, each containing pulp and held together by cementum. The teeth have no enamel coating and are worn away and regrow continuously. The Aardvark is born with conventional incisors and canines at the front of the jaw, but these fall out and are not replaced. Adult Aardvarks have only molars at the back of the jaw...
The Aardvark is nocturnal and is a solitary creature that feeds almost exclusively on ants and termites (formicivore); the only fruit eaten by aardvarks is the aardvark cucumber. An aardvark emerges from its burrow in the late afternoon or shortly after sunset, and forages over a considerable home range encompassing 10 to 30 kilometers,[1] swinging its long nose from side to side to pick up the scent of food. When a concentration of ants or termites is detected, the Aardvark digs into it with its powerful front legs, keeping its long ears upright to listen for predators, and takes up an astonishing number of insects with its long, sticky tongue—as many as 50,000 in one night have been recorded. It is an exceptionally fast digger, but otherwise moves fairly slowly. Its claws enable it to dig through the extremely hard crust of a termite mound quickly, avoiding the dust by sealing the nostrils. When successful, the aardvark's long (as long as 30 centimeters) tongue licks up the insects; the termites's stinging attacks are rendered futile by the tough skin. Its keen hearing warns it of predators: lions, leopards, hyenas, and pythons.
The Aardvark is distributed across most of sub-Saharan Africa, and although hunted by humans both for its flesh (commonly described as tasting similar to pork) and for its teeth (which are used as decorations), does not appear to be threatened. The Aardvark has become a staple in the diets of some tribes native to eastern Africa.
***
since we have apparently taken to blogging everything, i guess i should start transplanting the whole of wikipedia - since wiki has beaten encyclopedia britannica on the number of entries - onto our blog. post by post. (so this should mean we would go on posting for a long time.)
i do promise, however, since we blog anything as well, to not have it in alphabetical order. that would give it the semblance of randomness implied in the word.
***
funny, i always thought we put Art in gArters.
actually, we make a living by painting them, in different colours, brightly, and adorning them with various kinds of ribbons. we think of this blog as a sideshow to our main occupation, really.
of course, if we were really that cultured and sophisticated, we would be putting the Art in SArtre.
but that, sadly, is a very difficult endeavour.
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