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By: Foto: belíssimo redemoinho gelado - Noticias em tempo real

Foto: belíssimo redemoinho gelado - Noticias em tempo real — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:41:40 +0000

[...] As observações do Aqua também nos ajudam a entender como acontecem as mudanças atmosféricas. Além de tudo isso, esse satélite registra incríveis imagens como essa. [NASA/Discover Magazine] [...]

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 04:02:44 +0000

I’m happy to be an animal, given that the other options are plant, fungus, protozoan, and bacteria.

By: Neil Haggath

Neil Haggath — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:12:26 +0000

#2 gwat:
Are you a Poe, or are you really that stupid???
Of course humans are animals, by any remotely sensible definition! We are animals, mammals and primates. We have exactly the same configuration of bones in our skeleton as does every other mammal on Earth, from a mouse to an elephant to a whale. Our DNA is 98% identical to that of our closest relative, the chimpanzee. etc etc etc. How much more evidence do you need?
If you’re trying to hijack the thread with creationist drivel, don’t bother; the fact that humans are animals still applies, whether you think we got here via evolution or via Goddidit.

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 02:35:07 +0000

Sometimes the picture doesn’t always speak for itself.

A picture may speak a thousand words – but it often helps to add a few more!

@2. gwat : “I disagree with the statement “We are animals”. That is simply not true.”

Seriously?

Course its true.* You think we’re, what, vegetables or minerals instead maybe?

Are you for real or just doing a Poe? (Can be so hard to tell sometimes.)

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* A basic biological fact that provides pedantic me with some wry amusement every time I see a “No animals allowed” sign on a shop. They expect us to send in robots?

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 20:58:03 +0000

Usually when we embiggen a picture, it opens in a new tab. This one doesn’t do that. What’s up with that?

By: roymeo

roymeo — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:18:29 +0000

#2 Read for context. We fit every definition and sub-definition of “animal” over at m-w.com except 2a which is (oddly) recursively defined as “animal except humans”. I know you’re just getting all politically offended an all, but really.

By: gwat

gwat — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:44:25 +0000

I disagree with the statement “We are animals”. That is simply not true. We are human beings. Human beings are not in the animal category regardless of theories on this subject.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:29:42 +0000

I’ll never forget coming home from my first trip to Europe in 2010. We flew from London to Chicago, and went right over Greenland. A few people complained that I had my window shade open because it made it difficult to watch the movie. There are not many opportunities to fly over sites like this!