2006-08-14 11:41:43 · 13 answers · asked by ? 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
You are referring to the rare Siberian Chimpney. Despite it's name, the Siberian Chimpney is actually indigenous to Peru. One frosty, Peruvian night in 1809, the intreped explorer Dr. Harold Lauder Ph. D., M.D., and C.B.S, became lost in the dense South American jungles. Dr. Lauder saw smoke billowing from several points above the treetops and followed the source, thinking he would come across a tribal village. Lauder was amazed to find several of the unusual beasts sitting around grooming each other.
He described them as charming and unafraid of any men who approached them. The smokestacks atop their heads seem to be made of cartilege and have no nerve endings as the heat generated from the fires within their upper lobes do not hurt them. Lauder remarked that the "chimpneys," as he nicknamed them on the spot, would have been right at home in Siberia!
Dr. Lauder spent several years studying the Chimpneys and lectured globally on these rare and beautiful animals. In 1834, as the steam crisis developed in Western Europe, several locomotive companies became intrigued with the Chimpney method of coal extraction. It seemed that the Chimpneys had an extra 47 feet of large intestine which were super-compressed in a pouch dangling just below the scrotum. This tract produced highly-concentrated amounts of methane which in turn helped form the coal in their digestive systems. Sometimes, under extreme circumstances, a Chimpney's digestive system would produce so much methane that it would compress the coal further into diamonds. The Chimpneys also ate small chunks of coal rock to replenish their systems. Thus, the saying "He could eat coal and shitt out diamonds."
The early 19th century steam-locomotive companies eventually hunted the Chimpneys almost to extinction in an effort to ensure adequate coal supply for the future. Unfortunately, the Chimpney will not produce coal while in captivity.
Dr. Lauder died, in penury, in 1842, in Wilmington, Virginia. The author of 17 books and countless scientifitc and zoological papers on the Chumpney, oops I mean Chimpney, his legacy is the protection of the final dozen or so that remain hidden deep in the Peruvian jungles.
2006-08-14 12:21:30 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but there is a species of primate that doesn't know that "it's" is a contraction of IT IS, and doesn't know not to capitalize Every Word In A Sentence, and that species is YOU.
You mean "...On Top Of Its Head?"
2006-08-14 18:48:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Smoky Stover had a smoke stack on his head. I don't think he ate coal though.
2006-08-14 18:46:43 · answer #3 · answered by Quasimodo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was. The Grey Smokeback Prosimian. They are extinct.
2006-08-14 18:47:22 · answer #4 · answered by -- 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not unless you count old trains as primates....
Just wondering, how did you come up with this one?
2006-08-14 18:45:33 · answer #5 · answered by kaedajnor 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it's called a chimpnea.
2006-08-14 18:45:59 · answer #6 · answered by Tammy O 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can You Stop Capatalizing The First Letter Of Every Word Please? It's Really Annoying!
2006-08-14 18:46:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
who in the what now?
2006-08-14 18:55:56 · answer #8 · answered by greatpanisdead 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. There is. Any other questions for...
2006-08-14 18:48:12 · answer #9 · answered by ouoray 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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okay, not really an answer but the visual caused the response!
2006-08-14 18:46:13 · answer #10 · answered by beckini 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋