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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 04:43 PM Jan 2017

Paul Ryan Gets Added to Wikipedia Page on Spineless Animals (Invertebrates)

Paul Ryan Gets Added to Wikipedia Page on Spineless Animals (Invertebrates)

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/28/paul-ryan-added-wikipedia-page-spineless-animals-invertebrates.html



It isn’t as if we didn’t know it already, but Paul Ryan has joined the ranks of invertebrates, those critters a lacking a vertebral column – you know, like worms. The Wikipedia page saw the addition made and was first spotted by BuzzFeed’s Alp Ozcelik.



Wikipedia notes the characteristics of invertebrates:

The trait that is common to all invertebrates is the absence of a vertebral column (backbone): this creates a distinction between invertebrates and vertebrates. The distinction is one of convenience only; it is not based on any clear biologically homologous trait, any more than the common trait of having wings functionally unites insects, bats, and birds, or than not having wings unites tortoises, snails and sponges. Being animals, invertebrates are heterotrophs, and require sustenance in the form of the consumption of other organisms. With a few exceptions, such as the Porifera, invertebrates generally have bodies composed of differentiated tissues. There is also typically a digestive chamber with one or two openings to the exterior.
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Paul Ryan Gets Added to Wikipedia Page on Spineless Animals (Invertebrates) (Original Post) Miles Archer Jan 2017 OP
He's gone now but that's a priceless screen grab! eleny Jan 2017 #1
Somewhat unfair to other invertebrates. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #2
fabulous -- we need more of this dark humor! Farmgirl1961 Jan 2017 #3
Thanks for properly classifying this most heinous of creatures. democratisphere Jan 2017 #4
Troll Level EXPERT Runningdawg Jan 2017 #5

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
4. Thanks for properly classifying this most heinous of creatures.
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 05:38 PM
Jan 2017

This is one species I hope goes extinct soon.

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