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vampireshark wrote:This[/url] is the closest thing I found to a vampire shark.

Unfortunately, one needs to subscribe to see it.

seeing the blue above the flag makes it appear very different.

Well, the flag is intended to wave in a blue sky :).


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TomHChappell wrote:I still want to see a vampire shark.

Appearently, this site features one. I bet it looks better without the vampire face though.


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I thought it had something to do with the crash of the tulip market and its accompanying economic depression. Or was that the previous century? No, that's a common misunderstanding. See also Wikipedia for more details :). Basically, the whole tulip craze was a relative short period , and not many p...

Salmoneus wrote:while in the Netherlands it stalled - possibly due to population limits?

The 17th century is the Dutch Golden Century. The decline after that was triggered by many factors. See Wikipedia for many of them.


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Io wrote:Udder:

OT! OT! *smacks Io with udder*


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tatapyranga wrote:OTTER + otter

That must be one of the cutest images ever.


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Yiuel wrote:You misread. Here is the parsing intended :

(Zomp)SUB (calls)VEB (these (stop+s)ADJ clusters)OBJ (affricates)VOC though...

Thanks for clearing that up, this is indeed a better parsing :).


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vecfaranti wrote:Zomp usually calls these stop+s clusters affricates, though technically they aren't.

A cluster affricate? I thought these were mutually exclusive?


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/ks/ is listed as an affricate. Are there any natlangs that actually have a true affricate /ks/? I recently read a scientific report that debunked the believe that Greek has one.


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Jar Jar Binks wrote: OTTER

Ah, yes, back on topic! Thank you.


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schwhatever wrote:This thread will never die.

Is that a conclusion, a wish or a threat?


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Hokulani wrote:AWWWW!! CUUUUUUTE!!!

In Canada we'd say "Just a good clubbin' away from a nice fur coat!".

Oh wait, I'm not actually in Canada nor a Canadian :).


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dhokarena56 wrote:Hamsters, man. Hamsters rule.

However, this is an otter thread. Take your cricetinaeophylia somewhere else (e.g. http://www.realhamster.com).


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brandrinn wrote:

jal wrote:It's obviously a prairy dog.

Holy damn, you folks are slow. That is obviously a marmot.

Marmots and prairy dogs are mainly distinguished by size. It's difficult to see its size on the picture. You could be right.


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Hokulani wrote:I got pics of our family bunny pet

Pictures of family bunny pet at christmas:





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simon.clarkstone wrote:

Ruby wrote:

SOMETHING ELSE

A capybara I believe; the largest type of rodent in the world.

It's obviously a prairy dog.


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