Sunday, April 3, 2011

Green Animals are not Mammals

A great bit of wisdom from LS today. Recently there's been discussion about what mammals are and which animals are in fact mammals. On a car ride today LS posed the question of whether butterflies were mammals.

She then inquired as to whether frogs were mammals. Followed by an inquiry as to whether crocodiles were mammals. She then laid the following wisdom on us.

"Frogs are not mammals."
"Crocodiles are not mammals."
"Frogs are green."
"Crocodiles are also green."
"Green animals are not mammals."

I loved that didn't just skip to that last sentence, but she laid it all out there for us. Like she wanted us to check her work.

We had to agree with her, she pretty much seemed to nail it. Although Mamãe pointed out one loophole. Sloths have a moss-like algae that grows on their fur and make them appear green. Always an exception to every rule I guess.

3 comments:

  1. Hmmm . . . VERY logical - almost like a Vulcan. Sure sounds familiar!!

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  2. Nowhere am I so desperately needed as among a shipload of illogical humans.
    --Spock in 'I, Mudd'

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  3. (I would love to say something that did honour to my perplexity, but I am unable to)

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