I am reasonably certain, but can't be arsed to confirm, that the plural form of 'platypus' is 'platypodes'. At any rate, surely 'platypi' is right out.
According to Britannica, it's "platypuses." As per the Australian Platypus Conservancy, the Greek derivation should denote "platypodes" as the plural, but the word never caught on.
Monotreme comes from the taxonomic order Monotrema, and yes, the animals in that order are the only extant mammals that lay eggs. The science geeks think they diverged from the other mammalian line roughly 200 million years ago.
Not sure I'd be too comfortable coming right out and declaring Ron Johnson the Senate's dumbest Republican. There's some *serious* competition for that honor. Note, for example, that Coach Tubbs hasn't left yet.
How does Utah end up on that list? I'm genuinely asking, because I'm no Mormon so I wouldn't like it there but I keep seeing them score very high on every other livability index I've ever seen
The toxic pollution from the rapidly-drying Great Salt Lake is causing problems in SLC, but the rest of the state seems okay except for the drought. It's very scenic.
Maybe they considered the lack of rights for women and LGBTQ and persons of non-Caucasity?
If it isn't fake, other sleuths are pretty sure it's from 2 years ago. Which is why he looks younger and less decrepit than the last time anyone saw him.
The (alleged) Supreme Court is asking for millions more to improve their security. How’s about “no.” Allow, or better yet mandate, that they use more of their current budget for security. Up to but not exceeding 100 percent of their total budget. This is not a court. It is a cabal, facilitating a slow-moving coup. Bring their operations to a crawl.
Can we make a concerted effort to stop saying a person is”worth” __ billion dollars. Or “earns” __ billion. Or even “has.” Cut the crap. And tax multi-billionaires out of existence.
Love me some Trevor Noah. Funny man is damned sharp.
Hello friends. Here is your hed gif info: https://martiniambassador.substack.com/p/platypus-barrel-rolls
And meme chat: https://open.substack.com/chat/posts/8165758a-5f79-494c-9186-8a00bcd193a8
"And mind me platypus duck, Bill
Mind me platypus duck
Ah, don't let 'im go running amok, Bill
Just mind me platypus duck
All together now!"
The Duckbill Platypus
likes to swim in the creek
where he catches
his food with his beak
I've always said that "Platypussy" would be a great name for a James Bond parody.
God was drunk when he made that one.
He was recycling some unused bits.
Waste not, want not. Also probably for the LOL.
Precious petite platypus goes SPLASH!
I think they are fascinating creatures. In my collection of plushies, I have two platypuses...because sometimes, you can't just choose one.
The babies are called “puggles”? Is platypus Latin for extra parts that were laying around?
Close! It means flat-footed.
So am I, and they don't call me a platypus. Of course they call us Homo sapiens, against all evidence.
It's about damn time platypusses ( platypi?) were featured!
I think it's Greek, so "platypodes".
But us regular folk are going to stick with platypuses.
Jimmy Durante, eat your heart out.
Hot-cha-cha-cha!
To see one swimming in the wild
Would be a stroke of luck
They look like the odd offspring
Of a beaver and a duck.
Merrily they roll alomg!
I am reasonably certain, but can't be arsed to confirm, that the plural form of 'platypus' is 'platypodes'. At any rate, surely 'platypi' is right out.
Correct. Greek and Latin plurals are completely different, and a lot of species names contain Greek words.
Next on the agenda: syllabus and syllabi.
According to Britannica, it's "platypuses." As per the Australian Platypus Conservancy, the Greek derivation should denote "platypodes" as the plural, but the word never caught on.
https://platypus.asn.au/platypus-names-including-whats-the-plural-of-platypus/
the Australian Platypus Conservancy
Excuse me, there’s an organization I have to go join NOW.
Do they have a flashy ID card?
"Show me your ID."
"Here."
"Aaargh!"
Thank you. Like 'octopus' then. When a borrowed word is fully adopted into English, it gets pluralized as such.
not by some of us, who huddle in our book-lined studies and mutter about languages.
Come sit by me.
That hippo doesn't look right.
I woke up, saw the swimming platypus and thought 'That's me!!'
Swim swim swim!!
There are not enough platypii out here. Muchas gracias
A bit of trivia I remember is that platypuses are monotremes, though I can't recall 100% if that's related to them laying eggs.
Monotreme comes from the taxonomic order Monotrema, and yes, the animals in that order are the only extant mammals that lay eggs. The science geeks think they diverged from the other mammalian line roughly 200 million years ago.
A creature of puzzle, a hodgepodge of parts,
With a duck's rounded bill and a beaver's flat tail.
It swims in the shallows and baffles all hearts,
An egg-laying wonder that never grows stale.
And proof, as stated by George Carlin; that God does get stoned. lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc2JBtrPpIk
Yep, that's the first thing I thought of when I saw the gif.
Hey Darwin!
LOL
CNBC could just list ten Red states at random and save time and money.
Not a shred of sympathy for Graham, McConnell when it happens, or Charlie Kirk.
Planner has to be happy that Google will likely return Lindsey Graham's results now when someone types in "political morass graham."
Are we loosing Hooper on Fridays?
: (
"Arkansas is a most-improved state overall"
How fucking bad do things have to be when this is said about your state and it STILL makes the top ten shittiest states?
Not sure I'd be too comfortable coming right out and declaring Ron Johnson the Senate's dumbest Republican. There's some *serious* competition for that honor. Note, for example, that Coach Tubbs hasn't left yet.
My friends from Wisconsin have thought so for years.
One of them had an orange cat with the proverbial one brain cell. He called it "RonJohn".
Surprised Kentucky isn't on the list.
We come not to praise you, but to bury you. Good riddance.
How does Utah end up on that list? I'm genuinely asking, because I'm no Mormon so I wouldn't like it there but I keep seeing them score very high on every other livability index I've ever seen
The toxic pollution from the rapidly-drying Great Salt Lake is causing problems in SLC, but the rest of the state seems okay except for the drought. It's very scenic.
Maybe they considered the lack of rights for women and LGBTQ and persons of non-Caucasity?
My question as well. I know they have excellent health care, clean air, and low crime, so those other factors must've been right at the bottom!
"What in Christ’s name is Ka$h Patel talking about, saying the FBI is doing all it can to assist in the aftermath of Graham’s death?"
The cult is being primed for when Trump's guts explode. Everyone knows old people don't just die without something nefarious being the cause.
Kind of makes me wonder why there's no investigation of McConnell's "cardiac arrest" (or "fall"). Should we assume that's a failed inside job?
How the shit did West Virginia not make that list? Is it because it's easy to find a babysitter because there aren't other jobs?
Someone posted the McConnell pic in an app called Is It AI.
The app is 88% confident that the picture is AI.
Motherfucker's dead.
If it isn't fake, other sleuths are pretty sure it's from 2 years ago. Which is why he looks younger and less decrepit than the last time anyone saw him.
The giveaway is he's wearing street clothes in a hospital bed. That and the miraculous de-aging.
He does look suspiciously sprightly.
The (alleged) Supreme Court is asking for millions more to improve their security. How’s about “no.” Allow, or better yet mandate, that they use more of their current budget for security. Up to but not exceeding 100 percent of their total budget. This is not a court. It is a cabal, facilitating a slow-moving coup. Bring their operations to a crawl.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/latest-news-live-updates_n_6a54a703e4b0107f0db695c4/liveblog_6a54d4c4e4b04a4b8d2dea9d
What could they be afraid of?
Us.
Geez, you guys! I go away from the news for one weekend and come back to a dead Lindsey Graham! That was not on my bingo card.
But maybe I should go away every weekend...
I don't think he'll die again.
I was hoping we could work our way through a list.
Can we make a concerted effort to stop saying a person is”worth” __ billion dollars. Or “earns” __ billion. Or even “has.” Cut the crap. And tax multi-billionaires out of existence.
Love me some Trevor Noah. Funny man is damned sharp.
https://substack.com/@redpencilscript/note/c-293488159?r=3ixgl&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action