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May 13, 2005
He looks familiar
CNN.com - New species of rodent found in Laos - May 13, 2005
There's a picture in the story:
I'm kidding, of course. Novak's a Republican and everyone knows none of them will go to Southeast Asia. Here's a real picture:
The "discovery" is something like the European "discovery" (or discoveries) of the Americas. I mean, the local people already had a name for the critter, the kha-nyou. (As in, "Kha-nyou believe Voinovich voted for Bolton?" I'm terribly sorry.) But these are just local people. They aren't properly trained and able to give it a pseudo-Latin name.
Posted by Mac Thomason at May 13, 2005 01:11 PM
Comments
bahahaha...that's great. I hate that prick.
Posted by: Susan at May 13, 2005 02:10 PM
The picture of the second one is interesting.
The first one makes me think of slime and evil.... I am not sure why.
Posted by: John at May 13, 2005 03:11 PM
As John Stewart would say,"Ooooh, snap!"
Posted by: Kathy at May 13, 2005 10:23 PM