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Skriven 2009-06-27 12:16:06 av Carol Shenkenberger (32001.cooks)
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson (31059.cooks)
Ärende: WILD SHEEP  90527
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Catching up old messages, I missed parts of this one.

 >  CS> Nope!  Now I just have to hope the contract comes through.  It should
 >  CS> but until it gets renewed, I'm understandably a bit nervous.
 > 
 > So are you being employed on a temporary, or a probationary basis?

'Permanent' as long as the contract continues.  I know I havent been typoing
much here lately but it's been work related.  I'm getting very nice 'BZ's
(compliments) on the work delivery.  I'm constantly briefing folks on what we
delivered 'today'.  

 >  > Thanks to you, I looked carefully at the next monkey I saw in TV.  It
 >  > used its tail to grip supports, like an extra hand.
 > 
 >  CS> Did you have anyy way to tell if it was a new world or old world one?
 > 
 > I think it was a New World type.  It climbed around branches, using
 > its tail to grip and take weight.

Something i gather old world ones dont do?  They 'stabilize' with them but
don't grip is my understanding.

I wouldnt be suprised if most older movies showed just new world monkeys
since Hollywood prouction had closer access to them.

Memory spark, I'll have to google to see if it's right but almost all nw
world moneys have tails but old world ones, this is not strictly true or it
may be truncated to be almost gone as in apes?

 >  CS> I gather it's a matter of 'difference' in use.  More than just
 >  CS> stabilizing on a tree limb.  They actually pick things up with their
 >  CS> tails and such.  Saw a documentary and one was using a stick with it's
 >  CS> tail to drive termites out of a limb and catching them with his hands
 >  CS> to eat them.
 > 
 > That would be quite a sight!

It was indeed!  It seemed almost chimp like in the documentary though
probably wasnt as smart as a chimp.  I wish I had that documentary here but
it was just something on TV at some time years ago.  Some specific South
American sort is what I recall and it was on the endangered list.

 >  CS> There's a memory fragment that our 'new world' monkeys arent supposed
 >  CS> to be exported because they are a little more efficient and might
 >  CS> decimate the local old world ones?
 > 
 > Quite possible.  That sort of thing has happened many times in the
 > past.

I gather our 'New World' types arent as populous as other old world sorts in
some parts of Asia but there is a memory that they are on the 'not to export'
list.  Probably a few in zoos get passed around but I think it's limited to
that.  Kinda like we have a few Pandas here.  (Extemely doubtful they could
survive in the wild here).

Hey, sidetrack.  Giant sloths.  They got really big here in south america. I
think you folks had really big ones too?

 >  CS> I've read about it.  The main gap in the idea when it's debated, is
 >  CS> the polynesians brought certain root words and ways of society but
 >  CS> there is no sign of that here except on later populated islands.  It's
 >  CS> possible some of them came but were killed off by the Clovis man here?
 > 
 > Using languages as tools to indicate migrations is often done, and can
 > be very informative.  The prehistoric migration of vegetable foods is
 > something I would like to read more about.  As I have previously
 > mentioned, the sweet potato became established as a staple food in the
 > New Guinea highlands and in New Zealand long before any Europeans
 > travelled there.  As it originated in America, who brought it across
 > the Pacific, and when?

Seeds possible?  But it would depend on the timing as in more recent times
(not 40,000 years ago but more like 2,000) it's very possible some
polynesians got to an already populated 'Americas' and took some back.

Grin, and with this, I'm gonna take Cash-pup for a walk.  Back in a bit!
               xxcarol
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