Old Wive's Tales

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Wendy Merendini merendini@navair.navy.mil
Heidi wrote:
"...There is a RANGE of number of ribs/thoracic vertebrae from 
16 to 19."

In the Deb Bennett class I took she said that ALL mamamals had 
17 vertebrae except whales and one other that I cannot 
remember.  Even giraffes have the same as horses except that a 
giraffe's are longer.

Not disagreeing just throughing out some stuff I learned....

Wendy Merendini