Nancy Classics by Ernie Bushmiller for April 20, 2019
April 19, 2019
April 22, 2019
Transcript:
Sign reads: ZOO HOURS 9-5. Sluggo: Dat's something I never could figger out. Nancy: What? Sluggo: Why those boids' NAMES never fit their size. Large Sign reads: Silver-topped Gallipagootus (Hylocichla mustelina) Tiny sign reads: EMU
The emu is Dromaius Novaehollandiae or “fast-footed New Hollander” (New Holland was the original European term for Australia.)
Oh, and a Hylocichla Mustelina is a Wood Thrush.