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2005-03-08 Europe

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Posted by Steve 2005-03-08 8:36:58 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 NAME CHANGES

Only the names are changed to protect the innocent...

Red fox known as Vulpes Vulpes Kurdistanica becomes Vulpes Vulpes

Wild Sheep called Ovis Armeniana becomes Ovis Orientalis Anatolicus

Roe Deer known as Capreolus Capreolus Armenus becomes Capreolus Cuprelus Capreolus

Posted by BigEd 2005-03-08 3:12:12 PM|| 2005-03-08 3:12:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 But Turkey is still a turkey.

Posted by Linnaeus 2005-03-08 3:20:53 PM|| 2005-03-08 3:20:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I thought Red Fox's real name was John Elroy Sanford.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-03-08 3:30:11 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-03-08 3:30:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 He didn't look Kurdish...

Posted by Seafarious 2005-03-08 3:34:46 PM|| 2005-03-08 3:34:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 No Robert, John Elroy Sanford was not his name. As a child he was born Vulpes Kurdistanica, and called Vully as a small child.
The "Sanford" came about because no one could pronounce Kurdistanica when he was in grade school.

Posted by BigEd 2005-03-08 3:58:25 PM|| 2005-03-08 3:58:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I wonder if they would have renamed something like a cockroach or worm if it had Kurdistanica or Armenus in its name?

Just as well there isn't a Jackal specific to that area. Be a lot of trouble to update all My Christmas card lists.

Posted by jackal 2005-03-08 9:41:16 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-03-08 9:41:16 PM|| Front Page Top

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