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hiaasenrocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 11:57 AM
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Animal trivia of the day...
How many of you were aware that this:



...is a fish?

Well, according to the Catholic Church. Capybaras are a delicacy in Venezuela, so a couple of centuries ago the Vatican declared the capybara (which is the world's largest rodent, next to Michael Savage) a fish!

It's true.
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LibertyLover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-04-07 01:30 PM
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1. So is beaver tail
In the Middle Ages the RC Church determined that since a beaver's tail spent so much time in the water, it could be considered a fish for the purposes of fasting from meat.
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