duncanm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:
| Gary Schloss (I think, attributions are getting mangled) spake thusly:
>
> Or, to continue the unique Australian fauna analogy further,
> maybe something more along the lines of a monotreme: an egg-laying
> mammal. Uniquely adapted to its environment
>
> Platypus, anyone?
The moniker "Platypus" has been taken already -- by the hybrid 35mm/video
photojournalists who use this analogy to identify their style.
See http://dirckhalstead.org/platypus/platypus.html for details.
Echidna (the *other* monotreme), anyone?
Indestructible, inscrutable, voracious and dangerously defensive...
<sillyvoice type="super grover">And cute, too!</sillyvoice>
Chris
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