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[edit] Python food

Hi Dora Nichov! I saw your recent edit to Python reticulatus. Are you sure that those snakes have not been reported to have eaten porcupines an pangolins? Because to me, and I've authored many snake articles, it sounds strange enough to be true. Of course, for the snake, regurgitating a porcupine at any point during the swallowing process would probably be fatal. (PS -- You can answer here as I've temporarily added your talk page to my watchlist). --Jwinius 11:47, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm... I just did some research, and I suppose you can put the porcupine part back, because I saw a source that said "a dead reticulated python was found with pocupine quills sticking out of it". As for pangolins, I cannot find any information right now. They do not seem to be normal python food, and pythons don't seem to be their normal enemies. Dora Nichov 11:55, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
That's the danger of eating a porcupine. However, as long as the snake does not regurgitate I don't see a problem. In another example, I know that the African brush-tailed porcupine, Atherurus africanus, has also been on the menu of the gaboon viper, Bitis gabonica. As for pangolins, they doesn't seem like normal python fodder to me either, but they aren't much larger than those porcupines and they don't have any sharp quills for the snake to contend with. Also P. reticulatus is much larger than B. gabonica, so the size of these two prey items would definitely not be a problem. I admit that the contributor gave no reference for these particular food items, but I see no reason to doubt/remove the statement off hand. --Jwinius 13:11, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

It's "original research". Such strange food items (really, few animals fancy making a meal out of either animal) should require a source of some sort. Well known prey, say, birds and monkeys, may not need sources, but more exotic items should. Dora Nichov 14:08, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

There's no reason to believe this falls under the heading of original research, and this information does not strike me as something that somebody just made up. I too would prefer a reference, but as I said before, I know of another smaller species that has been known to eat porcupines, and I can only image that eating a pangolin would require less effort from (and be less hazardous for) a sizeable P. reticulatus. Or, are you an expert in this subject? --Jwinius 14:58, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

I admit, I'm not a true expert, I'm merely a fennec fox that has read a lot about other animals. I believe it's safe to put porcupines back into its food sources, as I recall having seen footage of a emerald tree boa attacking a tree porcupine. It failed and got a mouthful of quills instead, but it shows that certain snakes will definitely eat porcupines when they get the chance. I believe I'm right to say snakes will basically eat any other animal they can catch. So, theoretically, such a large species of snake could eat a pangolin, although softer prey might be easier to swallow. Because snakes swallow prey whole, the armor may provide less of a challenge. And if the snake doesn't regurgitate, it should be safe from the pangolin's blade-like scales, or at least suffer only minor wounds. We can imagine a python swallowing a pangolin, but until any information turns up, we cannot be sure if this actually happens. Many things seem plausible, but it may not be the case. Even if this does happen, no evidence exists that pythons eat pangolins on a regular basis, and one or two cases doesn't prove that pangolins are normal prey, as was suggested in the original article. Dora Nichov 10:35, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalisms

I can't beleive I'm saying this, but stop being a vandal. User-made expansion packs like Zoo Tycoon 2: Worldwide Wonders are not notable. In future, if you want to help out, add template:speedydelete to pages like this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cuddly Panda (talk • contribs) 08:50, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

What did I do? Dora Nichov 10:53, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Helped edit the fanmade Zoo Tycoon expansion pages. Sorry, i warned everyone who edited them (not like with reporting, though). Oh, and may I interest you in joining the Zoo Tycoon taskforce? ----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) review me! | join the Zoo Tycoon taskforce! 09:14, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
ZT taskforce was sadly deleted. Your talk page is a little messy, do you want me to archive it? (means move them onto a non-editable page that can be looked at for reference). See Talk: Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals to see what I mean. ----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) review me! | join the Zoo Tycoon taskforce! 09:09, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

OK then... Dora Nichov 13:41, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ZT Volcano

Was I banned from Zoo Tycoon Volcano? Oh and I archived your talk page. Like it? ----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) review me! | join the Zoo Tycoon taskforce! 11:38, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

I don't think so... We're still discussing that. Thanks for the archiving. I personally think you and Spino may have both overreacted. I think we staff agree that your PM to him may have been a little too negative. Although ZTV tolerates criticism, that was a bit... too much maybe. If you're angry at the site, you can always let off steam at the flaming forum, we're not ZA, we won't track you down to see if you've been flaming us, and if we do we won't ban you for flaming us at another site. Dora Nichov 08:52, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh right, sorry but I had to edit that part in your sig out... (you know the "everyone's favorite topic closer"?) And we have reopened the topic. Dora Nichov 09:40, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

But I still can't access the site. I can't ven view as an unregistered. The Flaming Forum was a failure. And ZA has been offline for ages, despite promises for a revival. Oh, and no prob for the archiving. ----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) review me! | join the Zoo Tycoon taskforce! 03:00, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Really? Then I think you may have really been banned... we staff took a vote, and unfortunately "IP ban" got the most votes (though I didn't vote that), but I didn't know they have already taken action... Dora Nichov 03:16, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Aah, yes, I can understand that. Never mind. There are other sites. ----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) review me! | join the Zoo Tycoon taskforce! 01:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Ahh, I'm so sorry! Dora Nichov 03:00, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Dora, you are human —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.126.106.137 (talk) 01:04, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Organisms that are dangerous to humans

An article that you have been involved in editing, Organisms that are dangerous to humans, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Organisms that are dangerous to humans. Thank you. --BJBot (talk) 17:40, 25 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Hello there.

Hello Fennec Nichov. I would like you to tell your buddies over at ZT Volcano that I would like to request a ban lift. I will bring my criticisms down a notch, and, if I'm feeling genrous, might make a new banner instead of that awful pixelated one you have at the moment. ----- Cuddly Panda (talk · contribs) review me! |my chatroom] 11:57, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure if it'll work, but I'll try my best... Dora Nichov (talk) 12:32, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

The thing is, the main thing that got you banned was not your criticisms (though it did eventually lead to the ban), but because you flamed a mod in a PM... Dora Nichov (talk) 12:35, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Look

Forget the according, the evolutions that were seen are hycoictyes to cephalaspis to hynerpeton, amphibian eggs to reptile eggs, petrolacosaurus to edaphosaurus, Dimetrodon to gogonopsid, diictodon to lystrosaurus and euparkeria to allosaurus. the ones that were mentioned were brontoscorpio to modern scorpion, lystrosaurus to mammels and meganuera to modern drgonfly. The narator didn't mention the petrolacosaurus to dimetrodon nor the dimetodon to diictodon. User:Puncharoo Read my page first 21:23, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] January 2008

[edit] January 25

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Walking with Monsters. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. MelicansMatkin (talk) 16:44, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] February 2008

Thank you for making a report at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Reporting and removing vandalism is vital to the functioning of Wikipedia and all users are encouraged to revert, warn against, and report vandalism. Your report was not a case of obvious vandalism, and as a result, the user has not been blocked and the request may have been removed from the page. Next time please use Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents for reporting a complex abuse or refer to Wikipedia:Resolving disputes if you have a dispute with the user. Thank you. Ioeth (talk contribs friendly) 14:53, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] YOU IDIOT

YOu are not suppose to ban a person on a forum without suspending them first, it is very rude, Especially what you and your buddys did on MMM. User:Puncharoo 08:29, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Actually it's perfectly fine when you do a very serious offense. Dora Nichov (talk) 14:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Zoo tycoon volcano, WWD and Artifex suspended me first to calm me down, you should have done the same thing because that was the right thing to do. User:Puncharoo 08:25, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Different sites have different standards. It's not up to you to decide what we should do or not do. Dora Nichov (talk) 11:50, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Who in the right mind wants to ban a person without suspending them first. User:Puncharoo 12:58, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Because we all hate you, so there. Dora Nichov (talk) 00:41, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

You should suspend people first then ban because

  • 1. It is the right thing to do
  • 2. It is to calm down people
  • 3. It is rude to ban somone first

User:Puncharoo Read my page first 14:11, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Who cares KL? It's not your website. Don't tell us what to do or not do. Dora Nichov (talk) 11:33, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Will you stop calling me KL or I'll annoy you like a bat hearing sonic sounds. User:Puncharoo Read my page first 11:56, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

KL KL KL KL KL KL etc. :p Dora Nichov (talk) 01:03, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re mind me

Remind me why you Identified the cave bear, ursus, one of the wikipedian articles says cave bear and ursus just means bear, you should Identify it as Ursus spelaeus or cave bear, what if an uncomfirned person who knows what ursus means try to figure out what type of bear is it and there is more than one species of mammoth, so call it it's full sientific name. User:Puncharoo 13:12, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] please

Can I please go back to MMM, I need to check on somthing for a moment. User:Puncharoo 10:02, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

No you may not! Dora Nichov (talk) 10:48, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I wasn't actually there to spam it's just because on forum, I choose Black Rhino Ranger —Preceding unsigned comment added by Puncharoo (talk • contribs) 11:12, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

That doesn't make much sense, go improve your grammar. <_< Dora Nichov (talk) 11:14, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mesothelae

Since when did you hear that mesothelae was first thought to be another spider, but it turns out the animal was acctually a crustacean, I looked it up in my walking with monsters dvd in episodes and making of walking with monsters and they didn't mention anything about the spider was renamed mesothelae. User:Puncharoo 10:34, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

They didn't say, just search "Megarachne"! Dora Nichov (talk) 10:49, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

When did it say the mesothelae spider was first know as Megarachne. User:Puncharoo Read my page first 12:29, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

It DIDN'T for goodness sake, it's just so! Dora Nichov (talk) 13:29, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Talk pages

Hi. I'm just pointing out that users are permitted to remove warnings from their talk pages if they wish. See the guidelines on user talk pages. Thanks. --Sturm 14:33, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Why you accused me vandalism?

  • I have no idea I did any Vandalism. You accused the wrong man. 61.230.77.87 (talk) 10:05, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Stories" sub-page

Hey there! You might want to consider moving (or at least backing up) your "Stories" subpage somewhere else, e.g. you might want to check out Google Docs which is totally free, and keeps a revision history of your documents just like Wikipedia. One could make the case that it's not an appropriate usage of Wikipedia server space, since you aren't using the page to help improve Wikipedia, etc.

I'm not going to make a big deal out of it, and I think most editors would just let it go too. But just a word of advice, since I am not entirely sure it would survive an MfD nomination. I'd hate for you to come back one day and all your work was gone!  :) --Jaysweet (talk) 16:46, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hey, sorry I didn't talk to you really often

I've been EXTREMELY busy. I've had absolutely no time for Wikipedia whatsoever, but I did do some edits once in a while. Really sorry about that. Don't worry, I'll still be here. I'm not dead. I'm fine. Just really busy. Radical3 (talk) 19:24, 25 May 2008 (UTC)