The Nonsense Thread

Well, the filibuster is over. It lasted for thirteen hours. Although I disagree with Rand Paul on 90 percent of the issues, he has earned my respect by doing this the way it's supposed to be done.
 
the only thing I know about filibusters is that there was one in Mel Gibson's remake of Mr Smith Goes To Washington and it ended with the President of the United States being decapitated.
 
Not enough nonsense?! Well, I'll put an end to that!

 
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How would a Unicorn even arise? From my knowledge no horse has ever had horns, forget one horn. And by the why, only Indian and Javan Rhinos have one horn, all others have two:p

~Thylo:cool:
 
ThylacineAlive said:
How would a Unicorn even arise? From my knowledge no horse has ever had horns, forget one horn. And by the why, only Indian and Javan Rhinos have one horn, all others have two:p
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sometimes individuals of certain non-horned animals (including humans and golden jackals) produce horn-like growths from the skull.

There was a deer in the Mediterranean a few million years ago which had the two antlers so closely set together that in life it would probably have looked like a single central horn. I can't remember its name off the top of my head though.

Best live "unicorn" is this one: LIFE in the News: Unicorn Deer : Discovery News
 
FelidLover said:
Obviously not..like tigers are Panthera tigris..then a ssp
The two sp of rhino with one horn should be Rhinoceros unicornis unicornis and Rhinoceros unicornis sondaicus...

Was just a thought is all.
This is the nonsense thread.
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but Indian rhinos and Javan rhinos are emphatically separate species, not subspecies
 
Chlidonias said:
but Indian rhinos and Javan rhinos are emphatically separate species, not subspecies
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Not really my point. It was just (I thought) an amusing thought.
I repeat this is the nonsense thread.

I assumed, wrongly apparently, we could post anything random here such as random thoughts or topics.

Apologies for missing the point of this thread - can somebody explain what it is really for?
 
Yeah I've heard of that deer.

FL, remember the chat conversation last night? Tigers are probably 3 species with 2 of them having subspecies. Just because animals look similar and have similar names does not make them the same species. The Javan Rhino has, well had, subspecies itself.

~Thylo:cool:
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Yeah I've heard of that deer.

FL, remember the chat conversation last night? Tigers are probably 3 species with 2 of them having subspecies. Just because animals look similar and have similar names does not make them the same species. The Javan Rhino has, well had, subspecies itself.

~Thylo:cool:
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Sigh. I am aware of this.

Oh nevermind.
 
FelidLover said:
Not really my point. It was just (I thought) an amusing thought.
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to put it in cat terms for you.

Tiger: Panthera tigris tigris
Lion: Panthera tigris leo
Snow leopard: Panthera tigris uncia

Doesn't make much sense does it?


FelidLover said:
I assumed, wrongly apparently, we could post anything random here such as random thoughts or topics.

Apologies for missing the point of this thread - can somebody explain what it is really for?
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it is a nonsense thread, but the job of myself and jbnbsn99 is to be wet blankets and pour flaggons of down-to-earthability upon posters. We take our work seriously and will let no nonsense pass un-stamped-upon. It is the job of the other posters to try and ignore us. Not many are up this grave challenge.
 
Chlidonias said:
sometimes individuals of certain non-horned animals (including humans and golden jackals) produce horn-like growths from the skull.

There was a deer in the Mediterranean a few million years ago which had the two antlers so closely set together that in life it would probably have looked like a single central horn. I can't remember its name off the top of my head though.

Best live "unicorn" is this one: LIFE in the News: Unicorn Deer : Discovery News
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Scimitar-horned oryx were believed to be the source of the unicorn myth, as a broken horn doesn't grow back, and from the right angle, a pair of horns looks like just one horn. So says Wikipedia.
 
nanoboy said:
Scimitar-horned oryx were believed to be the source of the unicorn myth, as a broken horn doesn't grow back, and from the right angle, a pair of horns looks like just one horn. So says Wikipedia.
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Arabian oryx (white bodies, straight horns)
 
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