Talk:Emu
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Maybe it would be better to just leave the common names out, Jim. They are plain enough in the text anyway. Tannin 14:14 Apr 11, 2003 (UTC)
- good thinkingjimfbleak
"immune to the ill-effects of low blood CO2 levels"
Shouldn't it say high levels? Cos111 01:27 26 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Capitalization
Tannin, please stop wrongly capitalizing the word "emu" in this article. This is the English - not German - Wikipedia. In English nouns are only capitalized when they are proper nouns or the first word of a sentence. We do not capitalize every instance of such words as "kangaroo", "wombat", "chair" or "bicycle", and equally, "emu" is no exception to the rules of English grammar. Needless to say, capitalization of scientific names is correct, as these are proper nouns, however generic descriptions of the animal known commonly as the "emu" - notwithstanding the fact there is only a single species - does not require capitalization. There is only a single species of homo sapiens, however we do not capitalize the words "man" or "mankind" in general usage. --Centauri 23:32, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
