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Re: Strange Koala News
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Sat, 9 Feb 2002 20:28:34 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Matthew Gerber writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> > I was digging around on CNN today, and found an interesting
> > story about San Francisco's "late" koala (died at 19, apparently
> > the oldest known?)
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> > http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/02/08/oldest.koala.dies.reut/index.html
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> > But the part that caught my eye was this:
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> > "Zoo officials said that according to the International Koala Stud
> > Book kept in Melbourne, Australia, Clarry had lived longer than
> > any other male koala documented."
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> > "International Koala Stud Book?" Are we looking forward to competition
> > koala racing or something? (I can't imagine how much fun *that* would
> > be). Either that, or I'm picturing the Koala equivalent of beefcake
> > magazines. Either way, it's a little bit disturbing.
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> It sits on the shelf right next to the listings of all the bathrooms in the
> country. Gotta' say this for our Oz friends...their publishing industry
> doesn't shy away from much!
Don't forget the kangaroo scrotum product catalogue! :D But
"International Koala Stud Book" implies that it's updated *and*
that it's not restricted to Australians. I wonder--could I make
a mint with International Koala Stud trading cards? "Hey, I've
got a rookie Chessie!"
I'll definitely agree, though, that it's far better koalas than
oh, say, three-toed ground sloths. (Even with wet bottom disease.)
best
LFB
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| (...) It sits on the shelf right next to the listings of all the bathrooms in the country. Gotta' say this for our Oz friends...their publishing industry doesn't shy away from much! Matt (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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