[Taxacom] Catastrophic loss

[Tony Rees]

I was thinking something more like Smaug - or his precursors in Nordic
mythology...

- Tony


On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 at 09:46, Richard Pyle <deepreef at bishopmuseum.org>
wrote:

> So… is a “true” dragon a monitor lizard?  Or something depicted in Game of
> Thrones?
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> :-)
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> Aloha,
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> Rich
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> Richard L. Pyle, PhD
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> *From:* Tony Rees <tonyrees49 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 24, 2021 12:26 PM
> *To:* Richard Pyle <deepreef at bishopmuseum.org>
> *Cc:* Richard Jensen <rjensen at saintmarys.edu>; taxacom <
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> *Subject:* Re: [Taxacom] Catastrophic loss
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> Well, we also have sea dragons/seadragons... not closely related to the
> true dragon, or even a reptile at all.
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> - Tony
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> On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 at 09:20, Richard Pyle via Taxacom <
> taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:
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> Richard,
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> I (for one?) thoroughly enjoyed your words! (...which I saw as having
> little to do with the beast otherwise known as Phascolarctos cinereus; and
> much more to do with spreading a little levity and joy, with rhyme to boot!)
>
> And as for Aussie vernaculars.... don't get me started!  The "Butterfly
> Cod" is neither!
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> Aloha,
> Rich
>
> Richard L. Pyle, PhD
> Senior Curator of Ichthyology | Director of XCoRE
> Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
> 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI 96817-2704
> Office: (808) 848-4115;  Fax: (808) 847-8252
> eMail: deepreef at bishopmuseum.org
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> On Behalf Of
> > Richard Jensen via Taxacom
> > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2021 7:50 AM
> > To: Taxacom <Taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> > Subject: [Taxacom] Catastrophic loss
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> > Tony Reese wrote:
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> > >>(1) "Koala bear-like animal with carnivorous teeth" - no bear
> > >>references PLEASE!! Koalas are koalas, pure and simple, and about as
> > >>far away
> > >>(phylogenetically) from bears as you can get and still be a mammal.
> >
> > Oh no! Gone is "Teddy Bear"; so to the "Australian silver oak"; no more
> > "seahorses"; extinction of "lady bugs"; disappearance of "butterfly
> weed";?
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> > I was not aware that Koala bear was a name of confusion, based on
> illusion, or
> > simply allusion. Do we really believe such names can deceive? Or can we
> > forebear, with little despair, that names we all know, from quite long
> ago,
> > need not agree with phylogeny?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Dick
> > --
> > Richard Jensen, Professor Emeritus
> > Department of Biology
> > Saint Mary's College
> > Notre Dame, IN 46556
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