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Oh, cool - I didn't know that. Like the man in orthopaedic shoes, I stand corrected. You learn something new everyday - and if you don't, perhaps you should consider a role in politics.
escargot said:Yup, and there was also a theory that each human foetus went through every stage of human evolution during gestation, like temporarily having gills, webbed fingers etc.
Jerry and I must have read the same books!
They don't always disappear - some (if not all) constrictors actually have vestigial legs. The boa family certainly do, they just are tiny little atrophied things.Onix said:I also recall someone mentioning that snake phoetuses have tiny leg-like structures that eventually dissapear.
Agent Buffy said:They don't always disappear - some (if not all) constrictors actually have vestigial legs. The boa family certainly do, they just are tiny little atrophied things.
escargot said:Yup, and there was also a theory that each human foetus went through every stage of human evolution during gestation, like temporarily having gills, webbed fingers etc.
Jerry and I must have read the same books!
shambles said:
`Dog kitten' dies
The owner of a dog which he claimed had miraculously given birth to a kitten confirmed yesterday that the kitten had died four days after it was born. He denied reports that its canine mother had contributed to the death by biting the strange offspring. Owner Te Huot said the kitten died last Saturday of natural causes after he fed it a bowl of cow's milk, but that visitors and worshippers were still welcome since he had embalmed the creature and it was now on display in a jar of alcohol, taking pride of place atop a specially constructed shrine. He said the kitten's alleged mother, a ten-year-old bitch called Knou, was devastated by the "miracle kitten's" death.
Kitten 'born to a dog' dies
September 02 2004 at 02:58PM
Phnom Penh - The Cambodian owner of a dog, which he claimed had miraculously given birth to a kitten, confirmed that the kitten had died four days after it was born.
He denied reports published in some local news-papers and sourced to his neighbours that its canine mother had contributed to the death by biting the strange offspring.
Owner Te Huot said the kitten died last Saturday of natural causes after he fed it a bowl of cow's milk, but that visitors and worshippers were still welcome since he had embalmed the creature and it was now on display in a jar of alcohol, taking pride of place atop a specially constructed shrine.
"I soaked it in a jar of alcohol because I am afraid otherwise it will smell. I burn incense and candles to the kitten every day. Please continue to visit," he said.
He said the kitten's alleged mother, a 10-year-old bitch called Knou, was devastated by the "miracle kitten's" death.
"Knou did not eat food for two days. She looked very sad," Te Huot said, denying the dog had lived up to the ancient tradition of animosity between the two species and had attempted to eat her young charge.
Te Huot said the kitten had attracted throngs of visitors and had earned around 100 000 riel (R166) in donations from curious worshippers.
Goldstein said:i'm presuming this was a dog with facial deformities that made it look like a kitten (and presumably also killed it, as in cases like that large chunks of the brain are probably missing)?
DNA test would prove it if they did one, but i can't think of any other sensible explanation... unless some mad scientist was putting cat embryos into dogs for amusement value...
Esoterrorist said:nice little money making scheme...
A sheep-like goat!
Thursday, March 16, 2006 10:21:28 am
JAIPUR: Veterinary experts have been puzzled by the birth in a Rajasthan village of a lamb that bears similarity to a sheep [goat surely?], according to media reports.
The lamb, which looks like a goat but also has wool like a sheep, has been attracting crowds in Rampura Jhaladi village of Nagore district, about 400 km from Jaipur.
Scientists in the state too have evinced interest in the creature.
"Blood samples of the lamb have been sent to the National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resource at Karnal for DNA tests," said a government veterinary doctor.
The findings of these tests could help scientists to develop a similar breed of goats that could be reared for wool.
Preliminary investigations suggested the newborn was the outcome of the mating of a goat and a sheep, the vet said.
Villagers, meanwhile, were bewildered by the appearance of the unusual animal.
"This is an unnatural incident and anything that is unnatural can only spell trouble," Ram Prasad Chaudhary, a 73-year-old farmer of Rampura Jhaladi, was quoted as saying in a media report.
Mar 13, 2006 3:47 pm US/Eastern
Cat Gives Birth To Mouse-Like Kitten?
(CBS4 News) TUNISIA A cat in Tunisia has given birth to something strange.
According to the owner of the cat, the litter included 5 regular kittens, and one that more resembles a mouse.
The owner says the nose, mouth and ears look like that of a mouse, but the rest of the body is that of a cat.
The mother cat doesn't seem to notice or mind. She's nursing and taking care of it, just like the kittens.
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