Madame de Pompadour (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} thebitingfaery) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} mock_the_stupid,@ 2005-12-16 20:11:00 |
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One day in Physical Anthropology we were reviewing our brief segment on mammal taxonomies and the like. Our prof asked, "What are the only two egg-laying mammals?" The first answer, of course, was easily given: the platypus. The second proved a bit tougher, but we'd just gone over it the class prior to that one and it was in our notes. One girl raised her hand immediately and when chosen she stated, smilingly, "A penguin!" The look on the professor's face was priceless. A penguin. That little bird. Feathers and all that. As a mammal. My goodness.
(The answer was the echidna.)
(The answer was the echidna.)
