Re: the Five---Cornered COW

Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine <new...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In a<199...@ladder03.news.aol.com>, Spunk1111 writes:
>>>Message-id: <354...@on.spammer>
>>>> I was working from a picture-- yes, it had both horns and
>>>> teats...
>>>> 
>>>Yes, but did it have *five* of them?
>>
>>some are missing? 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ROTFL!

> Pigs, dogs, cats, mice etc have a long row of pairs and a
> much slighter milkbag behind each, reflecting the fact that
> they have a very large brood each time; presumably this is
> the "basic model" from which other mammals descended.
> Cows have exactly TWO PAIRS of nipples on an extended udder,
> and goats--also sheep?--are the same.  This reflects the fact 
> they tend to have up to four infants per brood.

> Sloths and lemurs, bears and pandas, and apes including ourselves
> have only two nipples as they tend to have single or twin infants.
> Animals which are large AND have fewer predators reproduce less
> often. Simple really.  (Yes, a cow/buffalo is bigger than a chimp, 
> but it can't climb trees so it has more chance of being eaten by lions)


> Actually I once read a time travel story in which a cavewoman
> brought to the present had four breasts because they had more
> children then. Nice try but no cigar:  I'm pretty sure that the
> difference comes when ground-dwelling squirrelish things become
> tree-dwelling lemurish things.  They pretty soon evolved to be
> bigger, heavier, longer-lived and slower-reproducing precisely
> because of the drop in predation. 


It seems that there are freaks of nature in the animal world and
Ascii-art animals seem to be no exception.

Take for example Felix Lee's early tigers which had only 3 legs and
missing tail-ends...one had no stripes...

                          __,,,,_
          _ ___.--'''`--''// ,-_ `-.
      \`"' ' |  \  \ \\/ / // / ,-  `,_
     /'`  \   |  Y  | \|/ / // / -.,__ `-.
    /<"\    \ \  |  | ||/ // | \/    |`-._`-._
   /  _.-.  .-\,___|  _-| / \ \/|_/  |    `-._
   `-'  f/ |       / __/ \__  / |__/ |
        `-'       |  -|   \__ \  |-' |
               __/   /__,-'    ),'  |'
              ((__.-'((____..-' \__,'   (FL)


                          __,,,,_
          _ ___.--'''`--''       `-.
      C`f' '                        `._
     /'`                         -..__ `-.
    /<"                 /       /    |`-._`-._
   /  _.-.  .-\.___|    |      /|    |    `-._
   `-'  f/ |       /   / \    / |    |
        `-'       |   |   \   \  |   |
               __/   /__.-'    ).'  |
              ((__.-'((____..-' \__.'   (FL)



When challenged about these mutations a 5-legged tiger made a brief
appearance with a complete tail...

                          __,,,,_
          _ ___.--'''`--''// ,-_ `-.
      \`"' ' |  \  \ \\/ / // / ,-  `,_
     /'`  \   |  Y  | \|/ / // / -.,__ `-..
    /<"\    \ \  |  | ||/ // |  \/ \  \`'-._`'`-._
   /  _.-.  .-\,___|  _-| / \ \/ |  |   \  ``'`-..',
   `-'  f/ |       / __/ \__  /  |__/ \  | \
        `-'       |  -| -|\__ \  |-'| |  |', \
               __/   /__,-    ) ,'  | /  |(__,'
              ((__.-'((____..-' \__,'((.-'

                       5-legged tiger



And finally an orthodox 4-legged full-tailed tiger...


                                    __,,,,_
                    _ ___.--'''`--''// ,-_ `-.
                \`"' ' |  \  \ \\/ / // / ,-  `,_
               /'`  \   |  Y  | \|/ / // / -.,__ `-.
              /<"\    \ \  |  | ||/ // | \/    |`-._`-. _
             /  _.-.  .-\,  .|  _-| / \ \/|_/  |    `-._,'
             `-'  f/ | _|  /  / __/ \__  / |__/ |
                  `-' ((_/  |  -|   \__ \  |-' |
                         __/   /__,-'    ),'  |'
                        ((__.-'((____..-' \__,'   FL
~~~~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~~

Bye,

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