Geologist David J. Siveter of Leicester University (England) wrote in the journal Science in December that he and his team had found a fossil 425 million years old that is probably the oldest record of an unambiguously male animal. They named the half-inch-long shellfish Colymbosathon ecplecticos, which they said means "swimmer with a large penis," referring to its organ that is one-fifth of its body length. [New York Times, 12-4-03]

Must be a relative. [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]

Either that or Sythe has taken my advice :D [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ 02-24-2004, 12:24 AM: Message edited by: Arledrian ]

That's an interesting creature. LOL.

::sniff:: Why is it always men who come up with names like that?

Because women would have chosen something sensible. ;) At least it's not Latin slang for something. Or maybe the scientists are coming up with the slang as we speak.

Nice sig, Pirengle! I don't particularly like Edwin, but I LIKE THE SIG!!!! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

The name *might* be slang, for all we know. I certainly don't speak Latin. It could easily be translated online, of course, but that takes the fun out of it.

He must be checking his junk email too much :D

The name is Greek Actually. Colymbo (swim) ecplecticos (teriffic, amazing)