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Topic Started: Jan 28 2011, 12:17 AM (1,726 Views)
Ànraich
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Jan 28 2011, 03:21 PM
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Jan 28 2011, 02:09 AM
I've heard that turkeys will drown in the rain staring up at the sky with their mouths open, but considering that was from Johnny Bravo I'm doubtful.
It's false, but I once heard that Turkeys have to be taught how to eat, or they will starve.
I find that hard to believe. Human babies can't even roll over but they instinctively know how to eat.
We should all aspire to die surrounded by our dearest friends. Just like Julius Caesar.

"The Lord Universe said: 'The same fate I have given to all things from stones to stars, that one day they shall become naught but memories aloft upon the winds of time. From dust all was born, and to dust all shall return.' He then looked upon His greatest creation, life, and pitied them, for unlike stars and stones they would soon learn of this fate and despair in the futility of their own existence. And so the Lord Universe decided to give life two gifts to save them from this despair. The first of these gifts was the soul, that life might more readily accept their fate, and the second was fear, that they might in time learn to avoid it altogether." - Excerpt from a Chanagwan creation myth, Legends and Folklore of the Planet Ghar, collected and published by Yieju Bai'an, explorer from the Celestial Commonwealth of Qonming

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Well corn relies on humans to survive so...
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Yes, but that's because we made it that way. We giveth corn life, we taketh it away.
We should all aspire to die surrounded by our dearest friends. Just like Julius Caesar.

"The Lord Universe said: 'The same fate I have given to all things from stones to stars, that one day they shall become naught but memories aloft upon the winds of time. From dust all was born, and to dust all shall return.' He then looked upon His greatest creation, life, and pitied them, for unlike stars and stones they would soon learn of this fate and despair in the futility of their own existence. And so the Lord Universe decided to give life two gifts to save them from this despair. The first of these gifts was the soul, that life might more readily accept their fate, and the second was fear, that they might in time learn to avoid it altogether." - Excerpt from a Chanagwan creation myth, Legends and Folklore of the Planet Ghar, collected and published by Yieju Bai'an, explorer from the Celestial Commonwealth of Qonming

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I heard Turkeys can get scared to death by a plastic bag in the wind.
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I know that chickens, when their head is cut off, it will still run around.
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Extended Pleistocene- An alternate future where man died out, and the megafauna would continue to thrive (may or may not include a bit about certain future sapients)
Inverted World- An alternate timeline where an asteroid hit during the Barremian, causing an extinction event before the Maastrichtian. Dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and notosuchians make it to the present, along with a host of other animals.
Badania- Alien planet that has life at a devonian stage of development, except it exists in the present day.
Ido- Alien world where hoppers (derived flightless ballonts) and mouthpart-legged beasts are prevalent.
Leto- Life on a moon orbiting a gas giant with an erratic orbit; experiences extremes of hot and cold.
The Park- ???
Deeper Impact- a world where the K-Pg extinction wipes out crocodilians, mammals, and birds; squamates, choristoderes, and turtles inherit the earth.
World of Equal Opportunity- alternate history where denisovans come across Beringia and interact with native fauna. Much of the Pleistocene fauna survives, and the modern humans that end up crossing into North America do not overhunt the existing animals. 10,000 years later, civilizations exist that are on par with European and Asian societies.
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Depends how far you count as the head. Mike still had brain left.
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I find the claim that turkeys have to learn to eat doubtful at best, since they are nidifugous birds, and therefore almost completly independent since birth.

Rhynchosaurs are the sauropsids with the biggest temporal frenestrae, followed closely by champsosaurs
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Jan 28 2011, 04:27 PM
I know that chickens, when their head is cut off, it will still run around.
I've actually seen that. It's both gruesome and hilarious. And yes, I thought it was funny. I may not have grown up on a farm, but I live around them and have been on them enough to learn that you don't have too many feelings for something you'll be eating in a few hours.
We should all aspire to die surrounded by our dearest friends. Just like Julius Caesar.

"The Lord Universe said: 'The same fate I have given to all things from stones to stars, that one day they shall become naught but memories aloft upon the winds of time. From dust all was born, and to dust all shall return.' He then looked upon His greatest creation, life, and pitied them, for unlike stars and stones they would soon learn of this fate and despair in the futility of their own existence. And so the Lord Universe decided to give life two gifts to save them from this despair. The first of these gifts was the soul, that life might more readily accept their fate, and the second was fear, that they might in time learn to avoid it altogether." - Excerpt from a Chanagwan creation myth, Legends and Folklore of the Planet Ghar, collected and published by Yieju Bai'an, explorer from the Celestial Commonwealth of Qonming

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There's a kind of polychaete worm whose body is a branching structure that resembles a fungus.

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Jan 28 2011, 07:35 PM
Unless of course you become friends with it.
Exactly my point. You learn to not become friends with food (didn't your parents teach you not to play with your food?). It's not true in all cases though. My friend TJ lives out in the country, and he used to have a bull named T-Bone. Bet you'll never guess what happened to him.
We should all aspire to die surrounded by our dearest friends. Just like Julius Caesar.

"The Lord Universe said: 'The same fate I have given to all things from stones to stars, that one day they shall become naught but memories aloft upon the winds of time. From dust all was born, and to dust all shall return.' He then looked upon His greatest creation, life, and pitied them, for unlike stars and stones they would soon learn of this fate and despair in the futility of their own existence. And so the Lord Universe decided to give life two gifts to save them from this despair. The first of these gifts was the soul, that life might more readily accept their fate, and the second was fear, that they might in time learn to avoid it altogether." - Excerpt from a Chanagwan creation myth, Legends and Folklore of the Planet Ghar, collected and published by Yieju Bai'an, explorer from the Celestial Commonwealth of Qonming

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Sharks are immune to all diseases including cancer.
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Jan 28 2011, 11:35 PM
Sharks are immune to all diseases including cancer.
That's very false.
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