Shrimp pics

[Cephkid]

Phil now has tiny green freckles. I'll post pics once I can get 'em.

 

[Octomush]

Cool do that! And bye the way I knew u were talking bout' species its just that those scientific names are a bit much for me..... Try words that are more on my level like... Shwimp or Octerpuss....

 

[Cephkid]

But they don't HAVE common names.

 

[Cephkid]

(well, there is the peacock mantis, but that's the only exception)

 

[Nancy]

You have to use the species names. If you just said octopus, you'd be including so many species that you couldn't make distinctions.

So, when you come to a species name that you don't know, use Google or another search tool and look it up. There's a lot on the web about species!

Nancy

 

[Melissa]

Nancy's right, to just say octo or shrimp includes too many very different animals. A scientific name is easier than a long physical description every time you want to talk about an animal. Octomush, you can learn a lot from this site. I now know more scientific names of cephalopods and what distinguishes the animals than any other family because of TONMO.

Melissa

 

[Cephkid]

Actually, nevermind. Some stores just slap the label "peacock mantis" or "clown mantis", so nope. NO COMMON NAMES!!!! YOU HAVE TO LEARN SCIENTIFIC NAMES.

 

[Melissa]

Cephkid, you take a little too much joy in our suffering. Schadenfreude is the most useful German word, just slightly more than Tintenfisch.

Melissa

 

[Cephkid]

aaaaawwwww..........I like being evil. :P

 

[Melissa]

Maybe we can program octo puppets to say "Latin is hard!"

Melissa

 

[Cephkid]

No it aint, I'm taking latin this year, and already know 40+ words and can form sentences.

 

[Octomush]

Pffft! I can do that in english! Oh wait no I cant..... Awwwww.. Oh well...

 

[Melissa]

No it aint, I'm taking latin this year, and already know 40+ words and can form sentences.

So our octos will say "Latin is hard to remember." I didn't know that Latin was still taught anywhere. Cephkid, it will serve you well. It's nice to hear that you are enjoying it. Will you get to study any languages that you can speak with anyone who isn't the pope?

Melissa

 

[Cephkid]

Some. Ich sprecken neicht sere gut (shlecht) doych. Only took a half-year of it. I'm mainly going to use latin in scientific: (latin) names, and latin phrases. Oh, BTW, I LIKE the "octo phrase" you've proposed. When practicing speaking it to remember, the most commonly heard phrase in the room is "MY BRAIN IS BLEEDING!!!". :P

 

[Cephkid]

Phil has decided to put up "vacancy" signs for harmless flatworms...the tank is infested...(I think he might be eating some...)