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# i just want to research animals.
maybe become one of a very few world experts on caecilians. that would be fun.

and then, ideally, i would draw them.

and make money.

i will probably end up teaching art and hating my students.
(I helped save b3ta! TheFelineAnarchist, Sat 12 Jun 2004, 6:08, archived)
# Sicilians!
Their women have moustaches.




/coat
(Monocromatico Lady Godiva's horse, Sat 12 Jun 2004, 6:10, archived)
# you have no idea
how many times i have heard variations of that joke :)

the problem exacerbated by the fact that no one's ever heard of the critters.
(I helped save b3ta! TheFelineAnarchist, Sat 12 Jun 2004, 6:11, archived)
# I would have expected that.
In fact, all I know about Caecilians is that they are... sticky. I don´t know if there are any native from here.

Edit: I just checked. Yes, there are a few species here. But I could have confused them with worms, if I ever saw one.
(Monocromatico Lady Godiva's horse, Sat 12 Jun 2004, 6:16, archived)
# should be.
they're native most everywhere, so far as i know.
so ubiquitous and so understudied!
they live everywhere yet people are unaware of them!

*stops self before getting really warmed up to the subject*

edit: yeah, but they are AMPHIBIANS!
and some are pretty damn big.
(I helped save b3ta! TheFelineAnarchist, Sat 12 Jun 2004, 6:19, archived)
# I have seen earthworms
bigger than that.

I also saw a sketch of some skull. Do they have teeth?
(Monocromatico Lady Godiva's horse, Sat 12 Jun 2004, 6:26, archived)
# yeah.
most of them do, anyways. there might be a couple that have evolved out of them.

edit: the largest known species as of 2000 was 5 ft long. they may have discovered a bigger one by now, i en't sure.
(I helped save b3ta! TheFelineAnarchist, Sat 12 Jun 2004, 6:31, archived)
# and that, if they ever see one,
they'll just end up baiting it on the end of a nice sharp hook and trying to catch a bass
(tookishlad, Sat 12 Jun 2004, 6:16, archived)
# maybe the little ones :)
but i'd hate to see them try it with one of the bigger species.
(I helped save b3ta! TheFelineAnarchist, Sat 12 Jun 2004, 6:19, archived)
# are they like snakes?
or earthworms?
(tookishlad, Sat 12 Jun 2004, 6:28, archived)
# they are like legless amphibians,
since that's what they are.

they're mostly burrowers, with some aquatic species. some are really brightly colored. they have ringlike folds in their skin, almost like segments but not reeeally. some give birth to live offspring. they have skeletons an' all that.
(I helped save b3ta! TheFelineAnarchist, Sat 12 Jun 2004, 6:33, archived)
# how do they taste?
;D
(tookishlad, Sat 12 Jun 2004, 6:36, archived)
# ah poo,
the one question i can't answer :)
(I helped save b3ta! TheFelineAnarchist, Sat 12 Jun 2004, 6:41, archived)