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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]
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02-24-2004, 12:18 AM | #2 |
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Must be a relative. [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]
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02-24-2004, 12:23 AM | #3 |
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Either that or Sythe has taken my advice [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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02-24-2004, 12:32 AM | #4 |
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That's an interesting creature. LOL.
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02-24-2004, 12:52 AM | #5 |
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::sniff:: Why is it always men who come up with names like that?
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02-24-2004, 01:48 AM | #7 |
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Nice sig, Pirengle! I don't particularly like Edwin, but I LIKE THE SIG!!!! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]
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02-24-2004, 09:15 AM | #8 |
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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.
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02-24-2004, 10:46 PM | #9 |
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He must be checking his junk email too much
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02-24-2004, 10:59 PM | #10 |
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The name is Greek Actually. Colymbo (swim) ecplecticos (teriffic, amazing)
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