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Old World vs New World

Postby Madmax on Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:16 am

Could someone explain to me the difference between Old World Tropical and New World Tropical?? :cry:
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Postby Madmax on Wed Mar 14, 2007 12:40 pm

:) OK don't worry about this one.
Old World is the world before Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas and New world is after!

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Postby AstusAleator on Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:46 pm

Old world = africa, asia, australia
New world = Central and Southern America
What did the parasitic Candiru fish say when it finally found a host? - - "Urethra!!"
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Postby Beetle on Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:05 am

AstusAleator wrote:Old world = africa, asia, australia
New world = Central and Southern America


That is only for tropics. And i am not sure about australia in the old wolrd. Also europe is in the old world and north america in new world.
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Postby AstusAleator on Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:51 am

Yes, but the question was about tropics.

and you've got a good point... australia might be new world...
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Postby dipjyoti on Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:04 am

Old World tropics, including Africa, southeast Asia and Polynesian islands of the South Pacific.

Austrlia is known for wet tropics.
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Postby Helminadia on Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:46 pm

Old world is when the place is Beautiful and un touch by human..when all the animals,forest is protect and when the old people doesnt know about technology and very ordinary.
New world is when all the enviroment around us being distroyed and un protected with all the new tehcnology
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Postby Beetle on Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:03 am

Helminadia wrote:Old world is when the place is Beautiful and un touch by human..when all the animals,forest is protect and when the old people doesnt know about technology and very ordinary.
New world is when all the enviroment around us being distroyed and un protected with all the new tehcnology


Erm?! What?
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