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robbie_dee
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posted 25 January 2007 12:48 PM      Profile for robbie_dee     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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JENA, Germany (AP) - Scientists in the eastern German city of Jena said Wednesday they have finally given up after three years of failed attempts to entice a sloth into budging as part of an experiment in animal movement.

The sloth, named Mats, was remanded to a zoo after consistently refusing to climb up and then back down a pole, as part of an experiment conducted by scientists at the University of Jena's Institute of Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology.

Not pounds of cucumbers or plates of homemade spaghetti were appetizing enough to make Mats move.

"Mats obviously wanted absolutely nothing to do with furthering science," said Axel Burchardt, a university spokesman.

Mats' new home is the zoo in the northwestern city of Duisburg where, according to all reports, he is very comfortable.


CBC.ca


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Tommy_Paine
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posted 25 January 2007 02:31 PM      Profile for Tommy_Paine     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
And you know what Canadian Buerocrats call Mats?


A wannabe.


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Albireo
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posted 25 January 2007 03:19 PM      Profile for Albireo     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hey, I wonder if that team of scientists investigated the hypothesis that the sloth actually died 3 years ago.
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Papal Bull
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posted 25 January 2007 05:21 PM      Profile for Papal Bull   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
This sloth, is truly, the most majestic of all beasts.
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Noise
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posted 25 January 2007 05:39 PM      Profile for Noise     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Why does the thread title remind me of fark?
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bigcitygal
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posted 25 January 2007 08:56 PM      Profile for bigcitygal     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
How I dream of someday living the life of a sloth.
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Albireo
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posted 25 January 2007 09:07 PM      Profile for Albireo     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Good thing they didn't go beyond 3 years; that sloth would have run out of toes.
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