--- FRIEDA2133 at aol.com wrote: > Hi everyone and Mark and Rion, > > Mark A. Mandel wrote on Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:08:20 -0800 (PST) > > >The orca is an Earth species, also known as the killer whale. > > Mark, I do not think we know this. We do not know exactly > what the orcas Vlad sees in Phoenix look like. Can't you see > the first Easterners looking at something in the water and > saying hey they sort of look like orca and act like them too? > They did not see any icebergs though. Well, I must admit that you have a good point there. I should amend my comment, then, to: "Orca" is the name of an Earth species, also known as the killer whale -- like "Hawk" and, moving from biology to legend, "Dragon" and "Phoenix". -- Mark A. Mandel http://cracksandshards.com a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250