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- From: huston@access.digex.com (Herb Huston)
- Subject: Re: ISO MY PRINCESS
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 12:52:24 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov15.233604.22675@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> cjp8b@dayhoff.med.Virginia.EDU (Chris Penington) writes:
- > Platypuses are shy but much
- >more mobile than echidna's. Their first response to unfamiliar threats
- >is avoidance, but when cornered they do have a secret weapon: a
- >poisonous spur on each hind leg. I don't care to draw an analogy to
- >human behavior here!
-
- It should be noted that only the *male* platypus has the poisonous spurs.
- He appears to use them not for defense against predators but instead for
- fighting with other males for access to females.
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- >Now what I'm waitng for is a posting by a wombat (that thing in my
- >sig)! After all, they are the brainiest of the marsupials, and if
- >Sandra's and Diana's cats can post....
-
- And marsupials are *not* second-class mammals!
-
- -- Herb Huston
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