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Do Penguins Have Knees? (2019)
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- z500 2y agoAlso the title of an Imponderables book. In the days before search engines got good, you could actually email the author a question and get an answer back.
- taeric 2y agoI assumed that was what this was about, and was baffled at the 2019 date on that. :D Fun series of books. Will have to get my kids to give them a try.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 2y agoI really enjoyed these books as a kid - great to help feed a curious mindset.
- acheron 2y agoI fondly remember When Did Wild Poodles Roam The Earth?
- matthewfcarlson 2y agoI loved that book as a kid!
- TimK65 2y agoYears ago, I was a developer on a software project where my friend Svein (of blessed memory) was a tester. I lent him this book and got it back with words taped over on the cover to change the title to: Do Programmers Have Deadlines? I still have the book with the words taped over.
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- IncreasePosts 2y agoTake that, Betteridge's law of headlines!
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- IncRnd 2y agoThe first point I noticed about the article was the writer's name, Autumn Syracuse. It's one of the most outstanding names I've ever come across. A: Yes - They are hidden under the feathers at the tops of the legs.
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- ordu 2y agoI bet it would be fun to have a knee inside your belly. It becomes possible to stir bowels, so digestion would go faster, or you could scratch your liver when it itches.
- onemoresoop 2y agoWhat do you do when the knees themselves itch?
- The5thElephant 2y agoScratch them with your liver.
- g105b 2y agoThis comment thread is like a Monty Python sketch.
- written-beyond 2y agoPut those kidney stones to good use
- gjs4786 2y agoThis article was the bee's knees
- hoyd 2y agoWhat a lovely question! I enjoyed reading the answer too. It reminded me of the childrens book "Did Jesus Ever See a Penguin?"
- gota 2y agoDid he?
- bigbluedots 2y agoIf a person doesn't exist, can they see penguins?
- adalacelove 2y agoJesus, as a person, most probably existed. That's what historians think at least. You can rightfully doubt he was a god.
- taneq 2y agoI don't think it's related but we have a copy of 'Does Anything Eat Wasps?' (I think there were a couple of obscure things that do eat them but I'll go check.)
- yencabulator 2y agoFrom the inside, yes. Turns out it's other wasps. Not necessarily good material for a childrens book. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenos_vesparum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenos_vesparum
- commandlinefan 2y agoI remember a comedian talking about taking his cat to the vet and being told the cat had bad knees. "I didn't even know cats _had_ knees, but what do I know? If the vet told me he needs new batteries, I can't argue with him."
- Waterluvian 2y agoI once had a vet that was so good about addressing this issue and making sure I was equipped to be part of any decisionmaking process. She would be happy to discuss an issue layer by layer until I felt sufficiently informed. It helped that she was a natural science communicator. Eventually we moved and I lost that vet but gained a family doctor who was very much the same. Unfortunately he “isn’t licensed to treat nonhumans.”
- IndySun 2y ago>...remember a comedian talking about taking his cat to the vet... I've read your reply, is the point you're making that you didn't know cats had knees? I'm not sure, perhaps it's something deeper I'm missing.
- DontchaKnowit 2y agoThe point is "here is a related funny joke"
- JackFr 2y agoSomeone is cheating on a LearnedLeague One Day Quiz…
- OldGuyInTheClub 2y agoAccording to comedian Kellen Erskine, no: "...here's where evolution gets shady, if these poor animals have been walking 80 miles every year for the past 10 million years why don't they have knees yet? The wings haven't worked out for some reason but couldn't they at least get some bendy legs?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1imLp-IUzI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1imLp-IUzI
- Uncorrelated 2y agoI believe the mistake of thinking bird ankles are knees is the source of the name of the delightful webcomic False Knees. https://falseknees.com https://falseknees.com And I say “believe” because I haven’t found any explanation of the reason for the name, but I don’t know what else it would refer to.
- powersnail 2y agoIs there an animal with functional, walking legs, but doesn't have knees?
- yencabulator 2y agoWell, caterpillars probably do have 6 knees, but the things you're probably thinking of aren't legs. In this photo, the only legs are the brown ones holding the leaf; the things the caterpillar is standing on are prolegs, and they don't have joints: https://www.thoughtco.com/parts-of-a-caterpillar-1968482 https://www.thoughtco.com/parts-of-a-caterpillar-1968482
- WalterBright 2y agoI am more curious about bees' knees.
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