Anybody know what a Naket is??

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Anybody know what a Naket is??

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Hello all,
in the last week we received our order from Serrata - amongst it was our specimen - "Brains of 5 different classes of vertebrate" specimen. The accompaning piece of paper in chinese and english lists them as Rabbit, Pigeon, Naket, Toad, Crucian. We have had many amusing conversations on what a Naket is but none that we can tell the students with a straight face. I have googled it and it just comes up with sites with "naked" in their titles. :whistling2:
Any Naket specialists out there??
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"Snake" perhaps? Find a person who can read Chinese and ask them! Just be careful, if you go to a restaurant and ask the staff they may serve it up to you! :cheesy:

Cheers, K 8-)
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Hi Kim,

A Naket is a type of game bird..

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Yould be game too if you were known for being "naket".

(apologies, it is Fri and Im very tired. Ill go back to my box now)

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Kimm

My grandmother used to say that the kids shouldnt be running around naket.
That they should at least have some undies on :D
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Barbara,
Your Grandma is right, but I didn't think that the kids would do that at Hunter Christian School. We insist that our kids at least wear a HAT! \:D/
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Are you serious Robb??

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I found a verse from James Joyce "Finnegans Wake", BookIII Episode 4
...So,nat by night by naught by naket , in those lousy days gone by....
Now tell me what that means and we have a definition of NAKET
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Robb, there were a few 'game birds' down the Beer & Brawl hotel last Friday, I'll see you there tonight eh! And as Ian suggests I might even wear a hat! Couldn't hurt our chances :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:
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Ian.. Not only do our kids have an interesting attire, but I JUST heard the teacher say to a student "Put your four legs on the floor and pay attention!"
or maybe that was "Put your FORE legs on the floor........"

Hmmmm. None of the kids thought that was unusual.
Or maybe that was the whole point they are KIDS!

Sorry to get on your goat.....it IS Fri afternoon & I am a goat on the edge...Shrek! :w00t:
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Ian, If you get lucky they might just be NAKET!! :-o \:D/ :cheesy:

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Hey aren't you a helpful mob!!! remind me not to ask a question on a friday afternoon again!!
Anyway I am off to my local chinese restaurant to ask to translate and maybe even order dinner, and - yes- I will be on the look for a game bird wearing a Hat. cheers.

Rob - a little concerned about it being a game bird as they already have listed pigeon - so not doubting your explanation but more so their translation to english.
so - thanks all of you for your help (i think) - if nothing else - you made me laugh.
Kim
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Happy to be of service kimm!
Yes, we sometimes get scary on Fri afternoons....
Just liek on the ASX, Fri arvo is often a good time to avoid selling.....
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Hey Kim,

I know I said this already, but a "Naket" must be a reptile because all the other classes of vertebrate were already represented - bird, amphibian, fish, mammal. A crucian is a type of carp.

Cheers, K 8-)
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Thanks Kristin
sorry I had taken your thoughts on board - we were thinking it had to be a reptile as well - possibly snake, just didn't want to write it off as a possible translation error without checking with the 'mob' first.
appreciate everyones input - life was never meant to be serious - that is for sure.
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Well, just goes to show how interesting Science is - I just read about Chinese serving you up snake, being game, being naket!, grandma's words of wisdom, wearing undies and hats, Finnegan's Wake (a book), Beer & Brawl (a hotel, obviously), fore legs, four legs, goats on the edge, naket goats, the ASX, and Friday arvo. And the funny thing is, or maybe it should be worrying, I seemed to follow the story each step of the way, with all its diversons and side-tracks. Great reading. Thanks for that, made my day!
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laughing laughing laughing :cheesy:
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My roars of laughter just brough a teacher into my Prep room.... his comment "work isn't supposed to be funny!" :cheesy:
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