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Monday, December 11, 2006

Maybe Not

FROM Things That Are Not What They Seem:
  • A firefly is not a fly - it's a beetle.
  • A prairie dog is not a dog - it's a rodent.
  • India ink is not from India - it's from China and Egypt.
  • A horned toad is not a toad - it's a lizard.
  • A lead pencil contains no lead - it contains graphite.
  • A Douglas fir tree is not a fir - it's a pine.
  • A silkworm is not a worm - it's a caterpillar.
  • A peanut is not a nut - it's a legume.
  • A panda bear is not a bear - it's a raccoon relative.
  • A cor anglais, or English horn, is not English and not a horn - it's an alto oboe from France.
  • A guinea pig is not from Guinea and is not a pig - it's from South America and it's a rodent.
  • Shortbread is not a bread - it's a thick biscuit.
  • A shooting star is not a star - it's a meteor.
  • A bald eagle is not bald - it's got flat white feathers on its head and neck when mature, dark feathers when young.
  • A banana tree is not a tree - it's a herb.
  • A cucumber is not a vegetable - it's a fruit.
  • A jackrabbit is not a rabbit - it's a hare.
  • A Mexican jumping bean is not a bean - it's a seed with a larva inside.
  • A koala bear is not a bear - it's a marsupial.
  • A sweetbread is not bread - it's from a calf's or lamb's pancreas or thymus.
  • A prairie oyster is not an oyster - it's a calf's testicle.
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