Re: camel
From Bill Taylor <mat...@math.canterbury.ac.nz>
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· 20 Nov 2001 03:09 · View full thread
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I, mat...@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor) wrote:
|> |> Or for a better mnemonic, Dromedary camels have one hump.
|> |> The letter D has one hump. Bactrian camels have two humps; the
|> |> letter B has two humps.
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|> So now, all we need is a nice pic of a three-humped camel.
|> This pic should be diddlable. Where are the wildlife experts?
Bother it - I've gone and done it myself.
With thanks and attributions to jjs, diddled by me....
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The Dromedary has one hump,
The Bactrian's a two-humped chump,
But you can write on hard enamel
There never was a three-humped camel! (NOT Ogden Nash!)
So in view of the mnemonic above, I dub this an Exterran camel...
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