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New Rodent Species Found

Posted by Zonk on from the squeak-squeak dept.

IZ Reloaded writes "A new species of rodent has been discovered by World Conservation Society researcher Dr. Robert Timmins. He found this creature in a hunter's market in Central Laos. The creature known as Kha-Nyou to the locals is so unique it represents an entire new family of wildlife. Kha-Nyou diverged from other rodents millions of years ago."

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  1. Re:WWF by Afrosheen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OOOH YEAH! I'll knock your head so far between your shoulder blades you'll have to unbutton your shirt to see your own shame in the mirror!

    Bonus points to whoever figures out where that snippet came from. :)

  2. Re:Oh.. by fataugie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Spammer? Oh. I thought it was the discovery of another lawyer.

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  3. Re:Wait.... by Anonymous+Luddite · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    >>>> but can it run linux
    >> No, these rodents weren't desig^H^H^H^H^Hevolved in that way.

    Just makes the 'platform' harder to port to... Perhaps NetBSD?

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  4. Re:furthur proof of evolution? by Guuge · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    My lamp diverged from streetlights millions of years ago.

    Actually, at the rate that proto-lights reproduced in the wild, it would have taken quite a bit longer than millions of years to evolve lamp DNA. On the other hand, the fosil record shows that the entire genus of electrical appliances appeared only very recently. Obviously, these luminescent creatures were created by God (precisely as described in the Bible).