Re: So, we got a new pet...
Posted: June 24th, 2009, 12:05 pm
Lavabe, you'll be so proud of me for pronouncing sifaka correctly while watching the lemur piece on NC's PBS show, Our State.
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Very Good! I like your academic humor, I needed that!!!!!Lavabe wrote:......
As for Zaboo, I am not a great fan of the show (it's just not for me), but it DOES serve a great purpose. I give them a lot of credit for that. I also poke a little fun at it, because they always call Zaboo a lemur. Technically, Propithecus verreauxi/coquereli is not in the same taxonomic family as Lemur or Eulemur (like my guys). Strictly speaking, Zaboo is a sifaka, which, as we all know, is pronounced as it is in Malagasy, as: she- FOCK!
Whoever produced that show recognized early on that they couldn't have <6 year old kids saying that to their parents.
Ah... academic humor!