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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPaul 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 isnt as if we didnt 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 BuzzFeeds 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.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/28/paul-ryan-added-wikipedia-page-spineless-animals-invertebrates.html
It isnt as if we didnt 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 BuzzFeeds 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
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eleny
(46,166 posts)1. He's gone now but that's a priceless screen grab!
Rec'd.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)2. Somewhat unfair to other invertebrates.
He is a shameless whore for the rich.
Farmgirl1961
(1,493 posts)3. fabulous -- we need more of this dark humor!
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)4. Thanks for properly classifying this most heinous of creatures.
This is one species I hope goes extinct soon.
Runningdawg
(4,516 posts)5. Troll Level EXPERT
Bravo.