{"id":264,"date":"2007-12-28T12:41:04","date_gmt":"2007-12-28T16:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/?p=264"},"modified":"2007-12-28T12:41:04","modified_gmt":"2007-12-28T16:41:04","slug":"poikilotherms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/264","title":{"rendered":"Poikilotherms"},"content":{"rendered":"

All the outdoor reptiles and amphibians around here settled in for a long winter nap some time ago. There are still plenty of reasons to get excited about cold-blooded critters – here’s one:<\/p>\n

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Via Peculiar<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

A side note – one of my Crimmus prezzints was a set of Planet Earth DVDs<\/a> – narrated by David Attenborough. Wonderful!<\/p>\n

While we’re on the subject – a combination motorcycle and turtle center in Clerkenwell:<\/p>\n

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The etymology of cooter<\/a> (as a name for turtles) is in dispute. The most common explanation is that it comes from kuta<\/a> <\/em>– a West African word, but another ties it back to an obsolete verb<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wait a minute – you were thinking of another definition of cooter?!? For shame!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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