08-26-2009, 04:02 PM
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The Greater
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kentucky
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Now I'm not a highly metaphysical man, but I know when the stars are aligned, you can bump into a person into the middle of the road, look into their eyes, and you suddenly know.
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Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. -Cliff Bleszinski Last edited by Giligan; 08-26-2009 at 04:18 PM. |
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08-26-2009, 04:34 PM
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Creepy Father Figure
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Texas Dammit!
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Especially after the Mace hits your eyes.
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08-27-2009, 12:22 AM
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Stalker of Britain
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Missouri, US
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"Me and Louie ain't nothin' but mammals, so let's do it like they do on the Discovery Channel!"
 I've reached 1,000 posts! Yay!!! 
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"And everyone's favourite anglophile, Fantasy!"-Intense Favorite Adventure Games-Lost Crown/Dark Fall 1&2, Longest Journey games, Myst games, Barrow Hill Favorite Other Games-King's Bounty, Sims 2, Fable, Disciples 2 Gold Currently Playing-Trine 2 Games I Want-Kings Bounty: Warriors of the North!!!, Asylum, Last Crown, Braken Tor, Testament of Sherlock Holmes Last edited by Fantasysci5; 08-27-2009 at 12:39 AM. |
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08-27-2009, 02:19 AM
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kamikaze hummingbirds
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Over there.
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Mammals (formally Mammalia) are a class of vertebrate animals whose females are characterized by the possession of mammary glands while both males and females are characterized by sweat glands, hair, three middle ear bones used in hearing, and a neocortex region in the brain.
Mammals are divided into three main categories depending how they are born. These categories are, monotremes, marsupials and placentals. Except for the five species of monotremes (which lay eggs), all mammal species give birth to live young. Most mammals also possess specialized teeth, and the largest group of mammals, the placentals, use a placenta during gestation. The mammalian brain regulates endothermic and circulatory systems, including a four-chambered heart. There are approximately 5,400 species of mammals, distributed in about 1,200 genera, 153 families, and 29 orders[1] (though this varies by classification scheme). Mammals range in size from the 30–40-millimetre (1.2–1.6 in) Bumblebee Bat to the 33-metre (110 ft) Blue Whale. Mammals are divided into two subclasses, the prototheria, which includes the oviparous monotremes, and the theria, which includes the placentals and live-bearing marsupials. Most mammals, including the six largest orders, belong to the placental group. The three largest orders, in descending order, are Rodentia (mice, rats, and other small, gnawing mammals), Chiroptera (bats), and Soricomorpha (shrews, moles and solenodons). The next three largest orders include the Carnivora (dogs, cats, weasels, bears, seals, and their relatives), the Cetartiodactyla (including the even-toed hoofed mammals and the whales) and the Primates to which the human species belongs. The relative size of these latter three orders differs according to the classification scheme and definitions used by various authors. Phylogenetically, Mammalia is defined as all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of monotremes (e.g., echidnas and platypuses) and therian mammals (marsupials and placentals).[2] This means that some extinct groups of "mammals" are not members of the crown group Mammalia, even though most of them have all the characteristics that traditionally would have classified them as mammals.[3] These "mammals" are now usually placed in the unranked clade Mammaliaformes. The mammalian line of descent diverged from an amniote line at the end of the Carboniferous period. One line of amniotes would lead to reptiles, while the other would lead to synapsids, including mammals. The first true mammals appeared in the Triassic period. Modern mammalian orders appeared in the Palaeocene and Eocene epochs of the Palaeogene period. Do YOU comply?
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08-27-2009, 02:27 AM
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The Greater
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kentucky
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Good heavens, Fantasy. This is a PG-rated topic. 
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08-27-2009, 09:43 AM
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Unreliable Narrator
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Le Canada
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08-27-2009, 11:11 AM
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Game Creator Hobbyist
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Stockholm (or Gotland)
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We're a whole lot different, we're a whole lot the same,
We're a whole lot different, we're a whole lot the same, I'm depending on another power, depending on another love, I will never check in on the cards of tarot or put my faith in the stars above, no, no, no, no, The stars above, no, no, no, no, The stars above, no, no, no, The stars above.
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