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  1. Xref: sparky talk.bizarre:43953 misc.jobs.offered:15582 misc.test:14941 rec.humor:37606 rec.pets:4257
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  3. Path: sparky!uunet!hobbes!megm
  4. From: megm@sco.COM (Meg McRoberts)
  5. Subject: Re: INTERESTING RABBIT FACT #1
  6. Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
  7. Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 07:53:44 GMT
  8. Message-ID: <1993Jan08.075344.5263@sco.com>
  9. Keywords: slaughter all rodents
  10. References: <1993Jan7.010751.18610@bmerh85.bnr.ca> <1993Jan7.022252.25651@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1993Jan8.014729.3970@ncar.ucar.edu>
  11. Sender: news@sco.com (News admin)
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  15. In article <1993Jan8.014729.3970@ncar.ucar.edu> shawn@thor.atd.ucar.edu (Shawn Copeland) writes:
  16. ==> In regard to the keywords, I have to point out that rabbits are not rodents.
  17. ==> 
  18. ==> They're lagomorphs.
  19. ==> 
  20. ==> So are pikas.
  21. ==> 
  22. ==> And you can't imagine how long I've been waiting for an opportunity to
  23. ==> tell someone that.
  24.  
  25. sure i can.  and to continue in this vein,
  26. the etymology of "lagomorph" is the greek
  27. word, lagos, meaning rabbit.  the greek word
  28. for word is logos, and Rasta's father once
  29. suggested that the similarities in the two
  30. words reflects the fact that the rabbit always
  31. has the last word!
  32.