Talk:Fauna of Australia

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Archive 1 2002-2005

Venom

The lead paragraph to be used for the main page, on Wikipedia:Today's featured article/December 2005, says that the monotremes are venomous. Is the echidna also venomous? Or just the platypus? Rewster 03:04, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Just the Platypus, thanks for pointing out the error, I will change the main page blurb.--nixie 03:08, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks. Might be better to use platypus with a lower-case "p." Rewster 04:35, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
  - Nope, caps is the convention for species names, lower case for the common term for a genus... --nixie 04:45, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
    - Yes, of course you are correct, and the species name would typically also be italicized, but...platypus is the common name, while Ornithorhynchus anatinus is the scientific name. Rewster 05:52, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
      - Caps is the Wikipedia convention for common names, and is applied throughout this article.--nixie 06:02, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Pipefish

Do pipefish males incubate their young, or is that just seahorses? Rewster 00:39, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

From the FishBase entry all males in the Syngnathidae have a pouch to incubate young.--nixie 00:48, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- See if you think it's clear the way I rephrased it in the article. Thanks, Rewster 00:58, 20 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]