Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
On Nov 20, 6:39 pm, Jim <jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I > know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but > no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
Some tree sloths appear green, due to the algae that clings to their fur.
"The cream and tan coloured coat is usually tinged green from the blue- green algae that live in grooves in the hair, providing great camouflage for the sloth in the trees"
I've also heard that some polar bears that live in zoos take on a green tinge from algae in their enclosures.
Most mammilian pigments tend to be variations on black, yellow and brown. Some mammals have blue pigments, such as Mandrills, but I don't know why green is not on the pallet.
> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I > know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but > no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
-- "I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan is a fiction. The Christian god may exist; so may the gods of Olympus, or of ancient Egypt, or of Babylon. But no one of these hypotheses is more probable than any other: they lie outside the region of even probable knowledge, and therefore there is no reason to consider any of them." Bertrand Russell
Jim wrote: > Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I > know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but > no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
Jim wrote: > Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I > know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but > no green mammals.
Barbar the Elephant's king turned green when he ate a bad mushroom.
I don't suppose that counts, does it. But I've had a vivid memory of the picture since I was a toddler.
On Nov 20, 5:39 pm, Jim <jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I > know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but > no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
I recall a comedic routine about the lack of blue food too. Maybe there is a conspiracy to exclude certain colors from participating in our lives, as mammals, fully. :)
On 21 Nov, 01:39, Jim <jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I > know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but > no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
>On Nov 20, 6:39 pm, Jim <jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I >> know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but >> no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
>Some tree sloths appear green, due to the algae that clings to their >fur.
>"The cream and tan coloured coat is usually tinged green from the blue- >green algae that live in grooves in the hair, providing great >camouflage for the sloth in the trees"
>I've also heard that some polar bears that live in zoos take on a >green tinge from algae in their enclosures.
Yep, the algae grows in the hollow fibres of their hair. Probably not a problem in their native environment.
In talk.origins I read this message from Christopher Denney <christopher.den...@gmail.com>:
>On Nov 20, 5:39 pm, Jim <jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I >> know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but >> no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
>I recall a comedic routine about the lack of blue food too. >Maybe there is a conspiracy to exclude certain colors from >participating in our lives, as mammals, fully. >:)
But there is blue food, some non-hybrid varieties of potatoes and corn. There may be others. I'm guessing he did not know about them.
> In talk.origins I read this message from Christopher Denney > <christopher.den...@gmail.com>:
> >On Nov 20, 5:39 pm, Jim <jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I > >> know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but > >> no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
> >I recall a comedic routine about the lack of blue food too. > >Maybe there is a conspiracy to exclude certain colors from > >participating in our lives, as mammals, fully. > >:)
> But there is blue food, some non-hybrid varieties of potatoes and corn. > There may be others. I'm guessing he did not know about them.
> Susan Silberstein
Blueberries. Blue birds? I had a ham once that turned blue, and green with a bit of yellow.
>On Nov 21, 12:20 pm, Susan S <otoeremovet...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >> In talk.origins I read this message from Christopher Denney >> <christopher.den...@gmail.com>:
>> >On Nov 20, 5:39 pm, Jim <jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I >> >> know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but >> >> no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
>> >I recall a comedic routine about the lack of blue food too. >> >Maybe there is a conspiracy to exclude certain colors from >> >participating in our lives, as mammals, fully. >> >:)
>> But there is blue food, some non-hybrid varieties of potatoes and corn. >> There may be others. I'm guessing he did not know about them.
>> Susan Silberstein
>Blueberries. Blue birds? I had a ham once that turned blue, and >green with a bit of yellow.
There a few berries that are blue if you stretch a point. Apart from blueberries there several other edible Vacciniums, and honeyberry (Lonicera caerulea var edulis), and even perhaps sloe.
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:39:24 -0800 (PST), Jim <jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I >know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but >no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
> On Nov 20, 6:39 pm, Jim <jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I > > know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but > > no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
> Some tree sloths appear green, due to the algae that clings to their > fur.
> "The cream and tan coloured coat is usually tinged green from the blue- > green algae that live in grooves in the hair, providing great > camouflage for the sloth in the trees"
> I've also heard that some polar bears that live in zoos take on a > green tinge from algae in their enclosures.
> Most mammilian pigments tend to be variations on black, yellow and > brown. Some mammals have blue pigments, such as Mandrills, but I > don't know why green is not on the pallet.
> On Nov 20, 6:39 pm, Jim <jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far > > as I > > know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, > > but > > no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
> Some tree sloths appear green, due to the algae that clings to > their > fur.
> "The cream and tan coloured coat is usually tinged green from > the blue- > green algae that live in grooves in the hair, providing great > camouflage for the sloth in the trees"
> I've also heard that some polar bears that live in zoos take on > a > green tinge from algae in their enclosures.
> Most mammilian pigments tend to be variations on black, yellow > and > brown. Some mammals have blue pigments, such as Mandrills, but > I > don't know why green is not on the pallet.
> In talk.origins I read this message from Christopher Denney > <christopher.den...@gmail.com>:
>> On Nov 20, 5:39 pm, Jim<jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I >>> know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but >>> no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
>> I recall a comedic routine about the lack of blue food too. >> Maybe there is a conspiracy to exclude certain colors from >> participating in our lives, as mammals, fully. >> :)
> But there is blue food, some non-hybrid varieties of potatoes and corn. > There may be others. I'm guessing he did not know about them.
No, they are actually deep purple, not blue, regardless of what people say.
On Nov 21, 7:20 am, Susan S <otoeremovet...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> In talk.origins I read this message from Christopher Denney > <christopher.den...@gmail.com>:
> >On Nov 20, 5:39 pm, Jim <jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I > >> know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but > >> no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
> >I recall a comedic routine about the lack of blue food too. > >Maybe there is a conspiracy to exclude certain colors from > >participating in our lives, as mammals, fully. > >:)
> But there is blue food, some non-hybrid varieties of potatoes
Okinawan sweet potatoes. Nice and purple. You gotta boil them all day, but nice and delicious
Stuart wrote: > On Nov 21, 7:20 am, Susan S <otoeremovet...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >> In talk.origins I read this message from Christopher Denney >> <christopher.den...@gmail.com>:
>>> On Nov 20, 5:39 pm, Jim <jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I >>>> know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but >>>> no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know? >>> I recall a comedic routine about the lack of blue food too. >>> Maybe there is a conspiracy to exclude certain colors from >>> participating in our lives, as mammals, fully. >>> :) >> But there is blue food, some non-hybrid varieties of potatoes
> Okinawan sweet potatoes. Nice and purple. You gotta boil them all day, > but nice and delicious
<otoeremovet...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >In talk.origins I read this message from Christopher Denney ><christopher.den...@gmail.com>:
>>On Nov 20, 5:39 pm, Jim <jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I >>> know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but >>> no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
>>I recall a comedic routine about the lack of blue food too. >>Maybe there is a conspiracy to exclude certain colors from >>participating in our lives, as mammals, fully. >>:)
>But there is blue food, some non-hybrid varieties of potatoes and corn. >There may be others. I'm guessing he did not know about them.
> Stuart wrote: >> On Nov 21, 7:20 am, Susan S <otoeremovet...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >>> In talk.origins I read this message from Christopher Denney >>> <christopher.den...@gmail.com>:
>>>> On Nov 20, 5:39 pm, Jim <jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I >>>>> know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but >>>>> no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know? >>>> I recall a comedic routine about the lack of blue food too. >>>> Maybe there is a conspiracy to exclude certain colors from >>>> participating in our lives, as mammals, fully. >>>> :) >>> But there is blue food, some non-hybrid varieties of potatoes
>> Okinawan sweet potatoes. Nice and purple. You gotta boil them all day, >> but nice and delicious
> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:20:27 -0800, Susan S > <otoeremovet...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> In talk.origins I read this message from Christopher Denney >> <christopher.den...@gmail.com>:
>>> On Nov 20, 5:39 pm, Jim<jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I >>>> know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but >>>> no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
>>> I recall a comedic routine about the lack of blue food too. >>> Maybe there is a conspiracy to exclude certain colors from >>> participating in our lives, as mammals, fully. >>> :)
>> But there is blue food, some non-hybrid varieties of potatoes and corn. >> There may be others. I'm guessing he did not know about them.
<coryalbre...@hotmail.com> wrote: >Burkhard wrote, on 09-11-22 03:35 AM: >> Stuart wrote: >>> On Nov 21, 7:20 am, Susan S <otoeremovet...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >>>> In talk.origins I read this message from Christopher Denney >>>> <christopher.den...@gmail.com>:
>>>>> On Nov 20, 5:39 pm, Jim <jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I >>>>>> know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but >>>>>> no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know? >>>>> I recall a comedic routine about the lack of blue food too. >>>>> Maybe there is a conspiracy to exclude certain colors from >>>>> participating in our lives, as mammals, fully. >>>>> :) >>>> But there is blue food, some non-hybrid varieties of potatoes
>>> Okinawan sweet potatoes. Nice and purple. You gotta boil them all day, >>> but nice and delicious
<coryalbre...@hotmail.com> wrote: >heekster wrote, on 09-11-22 12:32 PM: >> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:20:27 -0800, Susan S >> <otoeremovet...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>> In talk.origins I read this message from Christopher Denney >>> <christopher.den...@gmail.com>:
>>>> On Nov 20, 5:39 pm, Jim<jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I >>>>> know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but >>>>> no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
>>>> I recall a comedic routine about the lack of blue food too. >>>> Maybe there is a conspiracy to exclude certain colors from >>>> participating in our lives, as mammals, fully. >>>> :)
>>> But there is blue food, some non-hybrid varieties of potatoes and corn. >>> There may be others. I'm guessing he did not know about them.
On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:52:48 -0600, heekster wrote: > On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:00 -0500, Cory Albrecht > <coryalbre...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>heekster wrote, on 09-11-22 12:32 PM: >>> On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:20:27 -0800, Susan S >>> <otoeremovet...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>>> In talk.origins I read this message from Christopher Denney >>>> <christopher.den...@gmail.com>:
>>>>> On Nov 20, 5:39 pm, Jim<jimwille...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Here is a curious thing: there are no green mammals, as far as I >>>>>> know. There are green birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, but >>>>>> no green mammals. How come is that? Anybody know?
>>>>> I recall a comedic routine about the lack of blue food too. Maybe >>>>> there is a conspiracy to exclude certain colors from participating in >>>>> our lives, as mammals, fully. :)
>>>> But there is blue food, some non-hybrid varieties of potatoes and >>>> corn. There may be others. I'm guessing he did not know about them.
-- Mark Isaak eciton (at) earthlink (dot) net "It is certain, from experience, that the smallest grain of natural honesty and benevolence has more effect on men's conduct, than the most pompous views suggested by theological theories and systems." - D. Hume
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