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some did you knows.....about animals and plants
Posted: 24 Dec 2003, 22:17
by michelle56
1.Poinsettia origanated in Mexico.
2.There's over 319 species of hummingbirds and they all live in the Americas.
3.The smallest bird in the world is the Bee Hummingbird, the size of it's name.
4.The Barn Owl has about 36 subspecies.
5.Black feathers are longer than white ones.
6.The term "bug" is often refered to a curtain types of insects.
7.There's about 2,600 genera of birds.
8.A prairie dog is in the same family as the squirrel.
9.The pigeon origanated from Europe; it is now known as the "Rock Dove"(Columbia livia).
10.Some fungal growth underground can be as large as the Blue Whale.
11.The world's largest animal is the Blue Whale.
12.The California Condor was one of the world's most endangered species.

here:
http://arnica.csustan.edu/esrpp/condor.htm
Posted: 24 Dec 2003, 23:44
by Shane
Thanks Michelle,
Did you know...
Catfishes are found on every continent except Antarctica.
Catfishes species range from 1/2 inch (Scoloplax dicra) to 16 feet (Silurus glanis)
Catfishes range from living at an altitude of 14,000 feet to living in the sea.
There are over 30 families of catfishes (cichlid people, for all their talk, are still only dealing with a single family with a rather restricted range).
Catfishes practice nearly every means of reproduction known amongst freshwater fishes.
-Shane
Posted: 25 Dec 2003, 00:25
by michelle56
13.Butterflies prbobaly got their name from flutterby.
14.Per square inch of people there's millions ants.
Posted: 25 Dec 2003, 02:16
by Fiskars the Whiskers
Just as a curious question, are there any sort of catfish in Alaska? What about British Columbia?
Posted: 25 Dec 2003, 06:26
by Shane
Fiskars,
There are planted spp. in Canada and maybe some in Alaska (I am not sure about it though). For all the cool things catfishes did, they never could cross the Rockies until humans took them over the mountains. This means that, besides Antarctica, only the western US/Canada is without any native catfish spp. Pretty weird if you ask me as they colonized South America west of the Andes. Maybe someone with a geology background could explain this better.
-Shane
Posted: 25 Dec 2003, 18:20
by michelle56
are there any sort of catfish in Alaska
Probably the catfish that lives in the sea and starts with the letter G.
Posted: 25 Dec 2003, 22:03
by pleco_breeder
Hello,
A quick correction to the post regarding native catfish and a cute piece of trivia. Hawaii only has 3 native species. All 3 are migratory gobies. The remainder of their fish are all introduced.
Larry Vires
Posted: 25 Dec 2003, 22:14
by michelle56
15.Hawaii always changes their state fish.
Posted: 25 Dec 2003, 23:16
by coelacanth
Shane wrote:Catfishes are found on every continent except Antarctica.
and before the big freeze-up they were even there!
Posted: 26 Dec 2003, 02:06
by Shane
Larry,
When did Hawaii become a continent?
-Shane
Posted: 26 Dec 2003, 08:25
by Fiskars the Whiskers
Okay, maybe it is because I am on some serious cold medicine right now and things are a little foggy, but what catfish lives in the sea and starts with the letter G that lives in Alaska?
Also, despite their not being catfish, the coolest fish around my part of town are rockfish!!! I love rockfish of any sort. They are cool-looking fish!!! Even my license plate says ROKFSH. I shoulda got CATFSH but I didn't have any fish then.

Posted: 26 Dec 2003, 08:57
by catfish_dude
16 feet

Posted: 26 Dec 2003, 17:10
by michelle56
I think I meant
Gafftopsail Catfish thats what I was talking about!
but what catfish lives in the sea and starts with the letter G
Posted: 26 Dec 2003, 17:31
by Rusty
You won't find Bagre anywhere near Alaska...
Rusty
Posted: 26 Dec 2003, 18:02
by michelle56
then how come one was caught in Costa Rica?
Posted: 26 Dec 2003, 18:17
by plesner
then how come one was caught in Costa Rica?
It's found in the western Atlantic and parts of the Caribbean. That's not even close to Alaska.
Posted: 26 Dec 2003, 18:32
by Fiskars the Whiskers
It would be nice if Alaska was closer to Costa Rica. Maybe it'd be a wee bit warmer here and I could get some decent coffee.

Posted: 26 Dec 2003, 19:12
by Barbie
Ya know, when you look at most maps, Alaska is down south in open water, near Hawaii
Barbie
Posted: 26 Dec 2003, 21:20
by Fiskars the Whiskers
I know! That must really confuse people.

And we're the biggest state! But ask most people down south ("down south" is what we call any state under us because we're at the top!) and they'll say that Texas is the biggest state! HAH!
Posted: 26 Dec 2003, 21:21
by michelle56
I have been to Costa Rica twice!
Posted: 26 Dec 2003, 21:30
by Fiskars the Whiskers
Next time you're in Costa Rica, pop on over here to Ketchikan and have some reindeer sausage and salmon! Mmmm...!

Posted: 26 Dec 2003, 21:34
by michelle56
I rather be a vegetarian...
Posted: 26 Dec 2003, 22:44
by Barbie
Michelle the point that Fiskars is trying to make is that you REALLY need to look at a map of the whole world and get some perspective for where Alaska is actually located. It's nowhere near Costa Rica.
Barbie
Posted: 27 Dec 2003, 00:33
by michelle56
yep, its more near Panama.
Posted: 27 Dec 2003, 05:12
by catfish_dude
costa rica is next to panama

Posted: 27 Dec 2003, 05:20
by michelle56
catfish_dude wrote:costa rica is next to panama

yeah here's a pic:

Posted: 27 Dec 2003, 05:33
by Fiskars the Whiskers
No ill feelings, Michelle!

Maps *do* always put us in a weird place. My island is right off the coast of British Columbia and about 630 miles away from Seattle. My boyfriend has had people ask him if we are off the coast of California (which is REALLY bizarre!!!).
Posted: 27 Dec 2003, 09:55
by Jools
michelle56 wrote:Fishmadness!! I hate that place, the people are so rude!
Hey, Michelle, what have you got against fishmadness.com?
Jools
Posted: 27 Dec 2003, 18:21
by Graeme
We had to Ban michelle56 from our site due to unauthorised photo usage with complaints from the owners and preaching her religious beliefs to our members and downsizing them. I think you understand our reasons Jools.
Graeme.
Posted: 27 Dec 2003, 18:23
by Jools
Graeme wrote:We had to Ban michelle56 from our site due to unauthorised photo usage with complaints from the owners and preaching her religious beliefs to our members and downsizing them. I think you understand our reasons Jools.
Graeme.
Indeed, anything in their forum rules about trivial posts?
Jools