Re: Elephants and hamsters

Mia Soderquist <tuozine@...> wrote:
>
> Nik Taylor wrote:
> > Okay, I've gotta ask.  What the heck are sugar gliders?
>
> Little marsupials, similar to flying squirrels, but insectivores and not
> rodents. Check out the gallery at http://www.gsgc.org/ for some
> pictures. :) They are from Australia and Indonesia.
Thanks -- I was just going to ask the same question.
Anyway, any idea why they are called like that?
("gliders" I see why, but why "sugar"?)

>
> Ah... another linguistic topic... Common terms about birth don't fit
> very well with the marsupial experience.
Indeed. Does anyone have a conspecies of marsupials
or egg-laying sentient beings?


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