Re: Country names still needed
From: | Markus Miekk-oja <fam.miekk-oja@...> |
Date: | Friday, May 9, 2003, 21:15 |
>Well, Colombia is suposed to be the second country in biodiversity next to
Brazil, and the first if you count only birds...but I cannot come with one
representative animal... Well, there is the (Andean) condor, but I had
already used it to Bolivia. We also have capibaras ("chigüiro" in
Colombia), guinea pigs ("cuy" or "curí"), parrots ("loro", "papagayo",
"guacamaya"), cayman (crocodile) ("caimán" and "babilla"), bear (Andean
Isn't the cayman a distinct species of crocodile, just as the alligator is a
species, and "proper" crocodiles are crocodiles?
The difference is large enough - considering the distinctions of
reindeer/elk/moose, ... etc.
Just my 2 cents, though.
- Markus