Comments on: On the EDGE http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/18/on-the-edge/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:45:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/18/on-the-edge/#comment-25027 Clifford Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:57:31 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/18/on-the-edge/#comment-25027 The golden rump wins them over in the end. It's inevitable! -cvj The golden rump wins them over in the end. It’s inevitable!

-cvj

]]> By: Supernova http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/18/on-the-edge/#comment-25021 Supernova Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:22:12 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/18/on-the-edge/#comment-25021 I'm smitten! What a sweetie! I’m smitten! What a sweetie!

]]> By: spyder http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/18/on-the-edge/#comment-24990 spyder Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:07:39 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/18/on-the-edge/#comment-24990 I do have to admit that i my cuteness validator was spiked by that golden rump. Without that, it just wouldn't have been so attractive. I do have to admit that i my cuteness validator was spiked by that golden rump. Without that, it just wouldn’t have been so attractive.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/18/on-the-edge/#comment-24925 Clifford Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:02:04 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/18/on-the-edge/#comment-24925 It's cute. Come on... Let yourself melt a little. ;-) -cvj It’s cute. Come on… Let yourself melt a little. ;-)

-cvj

]]> By: spyder http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/18/on-the-edge/#comment-24923 spyder Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:20:15 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/18/on-the-edge/#comment-24923 Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Macroscelidea.html" rel="nofollow">Order: Macroscelidea</a> Family: Macroscelididae Genus: Rhynchocyon Species: Rhynchocyon chrysopygus But the wikipedia link is supported by the following: <i>Once considered a divergent family of the order Insectivora, elephant-shrews are now placed in their own order, the Macroscelidea. Recent evidence suggests that they may belong to a clade of African mammals, the Afrotheria, which also includes hyraxes, elephants, sea cows, aardvarks, golden moles, and tenrecs. Elephant-shrews are a small group, represented by a single family, the Macroscelididae, including 4 genera and 19 living species.</i> But "sooo cute"? Oh dear me. Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae
Genus: Rhynchocyon
Species: Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

But the wikipedia link is supported by the following:
Once considered a divergent family of the order Insectivora, elephant-shrews are now placed in their own order, the Macroscelidea. Recent evidence suggests that they may belong to a clade of African mammals, the Afrotheria, which also includes hyraxes, elephants, sea cows, aardvarks, golden moles, and tenrecs. Elephant-shrews are a small group, represented by a single family, the Macroscelididae, including 4 genera and 19 living species.

But “sooo cute”? Oh dear me.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/18/on-the-edge/#comment-24868 Clifford Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:24:20 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/18/on-the-edge/#comment-24868 Hi Anon, I don't know any more than I said, but I added a wikipedia link to the post, as a starting point. The EDGE site also mentions this relationship too. -cvj Hi Anon,

I don’t know any more than I said, but I added a wikipedia link to the post, as a starting point. The EDGE site also mentions this relationship too.

-cvj

]]> By: Anon http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/18/on-the-edge/#comment-24865 Anon Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:19:26 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/01/18/on-the-edge/#comment-24865 I *demand* more information that this shrew is more related to an elephant than a mouse (say)!!! Does it use its "trunk" to feed itself? Enquiring minds must know. I *demand* more information that this shrew is more related to an elephant than a mouse (say)!!!

Does it use its “trunk” to feed itself? Enquiring minds must know.

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