asstronaut

Make a list of 43 things I know very little about, & then learn at least 3 things about each of them (read all 45 entries…)
Tapirs 3 years ago

1) Tapirs are roughly pig-like in shape and size. They have short, prehensile trunks. They weigh between 300 to 600 pounds. They live about 30 years (!) and have a gestation of 13 months (!!).

2) Tapirs live in Central and South America. One distant cousin lives in South East Asia. Japanese people call it baku and say it eats dreams.

3) The tapir is an “odd-toed ungulate” and it’s closest relatives are horses and rhinos.

Mar 08, 2006, 07:32PM PST | 2 cheers


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all our feelings are in our heads

i know how many toes

a rhinoceros has. it was the tie breaking trivia question at my weekly trivia night last week, and i lost because i guessed wrong. do you know?

Mar 13, 2006, 11:55AM PST | Thread | Respond to this

asstronaut

Not searching for an answer...

I suspect that as an odd-toed ungulate, they have three per foot? So… twelve in total? Unless they differ front to back, like guinea pigs. (Four per paw in front and three per foot in back for a total of fourteen. Weird little animals.)

Mar 13, 2006, 01:52PM PST | Thread | Respond to this

all our feelings are in our heads

3 per foot, no more.

you got it right, damn it.

why don’t you play trivia with us on tuesday nights?! it’s a long drive, but you know, it might be worth it (to me at least)... :)

Mar 13, 2006, 01:55PM PST | Thread | Respond to this

asstronaut

Hmmmm....

That is a long drive.
If I’m in SC, I will definitely be there.
(I’ve always wanted to see Charleston.)
(I had a head start with “odd-toed ungulate.”)

Mar 13, 2006, 02:29PM PST | Thread | Respond to this

all our feelings are in our heads

right on

shall i save a place for you tonight? :)

or maybe i will sneak my computer in (my desktop is very inconspicuous, im sure) and you could play with us virtually. we need someone on our team that has a clue what an ungulate is.

Mar 14, 2006, 06:15AM PST | Respond to this


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