> > Have you checked out the current reader poll question? I've always thought that geckos were amphibins, not reptiles.
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> I'm pretty sure geckos are reptiles.
> Still, I had some trouble with this; schools around here don't really have mascots. I'd have chosen "building" or "phrase" if I could.
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> Fuzz"humanitas semper renovanda"pilz

Let me try to clear up the reptile/amphibian problem. (Keep in mind that I never taught much life science. I always stuck with physical sciences as much as I could.) As I understand it, reptiles have dry scales, lay eggs on land and are sort of creepy. Amphibians, on the other hand have moist skin (no scales), lay eggs in water and are kind of repulsive. The eggs of reptiles tend to have tough leathery shells, while the amphibians eggs have practacally no shell at all. While some snakes are good swimmers, they start life as little snakes on land. Amphibians can move about on land at times, but their life begins in water as a tadpole, or some other such wierd creature, that must remain in water until they at least get some legs. At some time in their life cycle, amphibians breath with gills. It is a scientific fact that there is nothing wierder than an adult salmander with only two legs up front and a pair of exterior gills that look like little pink tree branches right behind the head. But I don't have any idea where a gecko fits into all of this, and I can't believe that a gecko would willingly go into the insurance business.
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