My new word for the day, anthropomorphitronic
LR: Look at the picture on the dog shampoo bottle. The dog is washing itself like it’s a human. It even has human hands!
Mum: That’s called anthropomorphising. When you make an animal seem like a human… Like by making it talk or making it look like it’s having a bubble bath.
RJ: Yeah… Because it has a robot inside it to make it move.
(LR and mum look at him in puzzlement)
RJ: Like at the museum. The dinosaurs in the exhibition move because they’re anthropomorphitronic.
(mum and LR still confused)
Mum: (has a sudden thought) Do you mean the animatronic dinosaurs?
RJ: Yeah… Animatronic. They move like people.
February 3rd, 2010 at 5:42 am
Today I found out about an Octopus that pretends it’s other animals. Its called Thaumoctopus mimicus. It can do impressions of sea snakes, lionfish, flatfish, brittle stars, giant crabs, sea shells, stingrays, jellyfish, sea anemones, and mantis shrimp. The link goes to a youtube video about it.
~ Carrie