tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35076964.post4316802009819284386..comments2023-11-02T07:16:05.210-04:00Comments on directly under the Earth's sun ... now: Sydney - In Which I Pet Some AnimalsJackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14430068317991316806noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35076964.post-57071713249150934112008-11-19T05:15:00.000-05:002008-11-19T05:15:00.000-05:00Hi DY - The pond with the platypus isn't at the zo...Hi DY - The pond with the platypus isn't at the zoo or the wildlife park, it's actually the Blue Lake out at the Jenolan Caves. I believe the color is natural and due to minerals from the limestone caves absorbed into the water.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14430068317991316806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35076964.post-36707965712288376842008-11-18T13:11:00.000-05:002008-11-18T13:11:00.000-05:00The color of the platypus pool is really nice... d...The color of the platypus pool is really nice... did they use special lighting... or make it really pretty so that people aren't disappointed if they don't see an actual platypus?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35076964.post-66771382132608935842008-11-16T04:15:00.000-05:002008-11-16T04:15:00.000-05:00Heh, well octopus is another poor animal with no d...Heh, well octopus is another poor animal with no definite plural : it can be octopi, octopodes or octopuses. Wonder why it's not platypodes....Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388675235005762209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35076964.post-73384337645077431592008-11-13T05:30:00.000-05:002008-11-13T05:30:00.000-05:00More awesome platypus facts (probably all from wik...More awesome platypus facts (probably all from wikipedia): <BR/><BR/>1.) There's no accepted plural of platypus. Scientists use platypus or platypuses. Some people use platypi. <BR/><BR/>2.) The venom is produced in ankle spurs in the males.<BR/><BR/>3.) They have electroreception.<BR/><BR/>3.) Females secret milk through 'milk patches' and it collects in grooves on their abdomens, where the young lap it up. <BR/><BR/>4.) Platypuses have 10 sex chromosomes.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14430068317991316806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35076964.post-20069673000709661412008-11-12T15:13:00.000-05:002008-11-12T15:13:00.000-05:00I assumed that Sean took the pictures since he doe...I assumed that Sean took the pictures since he doesn't appear in any of them (a common trick I use myself).<BR/><BR/>I think unberse is how a 3 year old budding astronomer says "universe."<BR/><BR/>Okay, I promise to (eventually) stop the captcha posting, but this time it's "coping." I think google is trying to tell me something.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how many posts have to be made before the captcha is randomly "captcha"...Doug Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729269986037676249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35076964.post-11321882271379358782008-11-12T14:57:00.000-05:002008-11-12T14:57:00.000-05:00Tim : I was about to say the same. But Platypuses ...Tim : I was about to say the same. But Platypuses (Platypusi?) are cool, kinda like Nature in two minds about what she really wants from this species.Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388675235005762209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35076964.post-49194347218004280502008-11-12T05:21:00.000-05:002008-11-12T05:21:00.000-05:00Doug - Thanks, although Sean took all the pictures...Doug - Thanks, although Sean took all the pictures. As for the koalas, there were a ton of koalas at Featherdale. Most lived in little stalls (a roof and a tree) with between 1 and 6 koalas per stall. For the pictures where I'm standing next to the koala, there's a separate area for taking pictures with the koala. The woman in the background is a keeper and she brings out a koala and puts him/her on the branch for tourists to take pictures with. It's not a building, just a covered outdoor area. Also, when the koala gets bored of people taking his picture, he just climbs down off the branch and the keeper picks him up and puts him back in his habitat (aww!).<BR/><BR/>Is 'unberse' the scary opposite of reimburse, where you actually spend more money instead of getting money back?Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14430068317991316806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35076964.post-49457400770056981922008-11-11T21:21:00.000-05:002008-11-11T21:21:00.000-05:00Platypuses are venomous? Who knew?Also, I had nev...Platypuses are venomous? Who knew?<BR/><BR/>Also, I had never heard of a flying fox, but they look terrifying.<BR/><BR/>captcha = unbersethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749674951075102239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35076964.post-62617027580285242492008-11-11T17:02:00.000-05:002008-11-11T17:02:00.000-05:00Nice photos!That's about 3.5 meters of crocodile m...Nice photos!<BR/><BR/>That's about 3.5 meters of crocodile more than anyone really needs...<BR/><BR/>What sort of exhibit is the koala in? From one angle it looks like a display in a gift shop, but the other (with the background woman) it looks like a standard exhibit building ("cute animal house").<BR/><BR/>Oh, and my captcha=sheriDoug Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729269986037676249noreply@blogger.com