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Post by Lux on Oct 14, 2007 16:09:56 GMT 12
no
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Post by bottlecar on Oct 14, 2007 16:12:58 GMT 12
thought that might be too simple  |
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Post by guest on Oct 14, 2007 16:32:38 GMT 12
mice.
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Post by Lux on Oct 14, 2007 16:39:34 GMT 12
hmmm...dunno what sort of mice you're breeding in the south  Noisy critters eh? |
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Post by maire on Oct 14, 2007 19:07:25 GMT 12
Is it wolves?
I vaguely remember something on a Discovery doco about how far away their howling can be heard.
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Post by Lux on Oct 15, 2007 6:35:54 GMT 12
Not according to my source.
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Post by maire on Oct 15, 2007 7:51:17 GMT 12
Jackals or hyenas?
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Post by yollie on Oct 15, 2007 17:27:36 GMT 12
I'm thinking bats, as they use the same kind of communication as whales and dolfins, and their sounds carry very far too if I'm not mistaken (only they're not land animals).
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Post by maire on Oct 15, 2007 19:56:29 GMT 12
It's sonar isn't Yollie? All these years of watching Animal Planet & Discovery, little snippets of information float around just waiting to be dragged to the surface |
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Post by bossybitch on Oct 16, 2007 8:43:50 GMT 12
This one I looked up on a record book site but I am curious to know what is a sonar or do you mean that the noise it makes is sonar.....just wondering
The world's noisiest land animals are the howling monkeys (ALOUATTA) of central and South America. The males have an enlarged bony structure at the top of the windpipe, which enables the sound to reverberate, and the fearsome screams have been described as a cross between the bark of a dog and the bray of an ass increased a thousandfold. Once in full voice they can be heard clearly up to 16 km/ 10 miles
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Post by maire on Oct 16, 2007 17:48:51 GMT 12
I found this bossy, might explain better than I can ;D
"The Sonar System of Bats
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Bats fly in pitch dark without trouble and they have a very interesting navigation system to do this. It is what we call "sonar" system, a system whereby the shapes of the surrounding objects are determined according to the echo of the sound waves.
A young person can barely detect a sound with a frequency of 20,000 vibrations per second. A bat furnished with a specially designed "sonar system", however, makes use of sounds having a frequency of between 50,000 and 200,000 vibrations per second. It sends these sounds in all directions 20 or 30 times each second. The echo of the sound is so powerful that the bat not only understands the existence of objects in its path, but also detects the location of its swift-flying prey."
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Post by cookie on Oct 16, 2007 23:44:54 GMT 12
a close up of a bat  |
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Post by bottlecar on Oct 17, 2007 6:09:32 GMT 12
Not pretty are they? |
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Post by maire on Oct 17, 2007 7:12:27 GMT 12
Beady evil eyes and look at the fangs .... no wonder people are scared of them.
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Post by Lux on Oct 17, 2007 11:59:52 GMT 12
Argh Cookie, they ain't the prettiest of gods creatures are they? |
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Post by Lux on Oct 17, 2007 12:00:19 GMT 12
Answer: The Howler Monkey
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Post by Lux on Oct 17, 2007 12:01:18 GMT 12
Biology:
Approximately how much of each person's DNA is the same as everyone elses?
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Post by maire on Oct 17, 2007 15:48:14 GMT 12
At a guess ... none?
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Post by Lux on Oct 17, 2007 17:45:38 GMT 12
Stone cold, maire |
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Post by maire on Oct 17, 2007 19:34:29 GMT 12
Lol I jumped into that one without thinking ;D ;D  We inherit half from each parent, so 50% ..... I think (yes, I did for a minute) ;D that I'm on the wrong track again, so I'll leave it for someone who knows about these things  |
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Post by cookie on Oct 17, 2007 20:18:46 GMT 12
oh I would say 7% or is that every 7th person someone else you know knows that person??
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Post by yollie on Oct 17, 2007 22:36:06 GMT 12
I think its a lot more... there is the bit that defines that we are human, then you get the parts that we inherit from our parents and ancestors defining what colour eyes, hair, skin etc that we have.
I would say about 70% (could be way off wack here too).
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Post by cookie on Oct 17, 2007 22:44:35 GMT 12
Twins DNA's are the same, and chimps are only 1% different to humans so you could be right... if chimps make them what they are only by 1% does that make us humans 99% the same and only 1% of that determans our hair and eye colours etc?
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Post by Lux on Oct 18, 2007 7:19:38 GMT 12
Correct: Clever cookie. 99 percent the same, it's all in the left over one percent.
Cookie - 2 pts.
George - 9 pts.
Toerag - 4 pts.
Yollie - 15 pts.
Kokonutwoman - 15 pts.
Rdsmum - 9 pts.
Tormore - 4 pts
terauparaha - 2 pts
crheas - 11 pts
bossybitch - 36 pts
misilon - 31 pts
Manuela - 4 pts
Maire - 49 pts
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Post by Lux on Oct 18, 2007 7:23:10 GMT 12
Our wonderful world:
Haageocereus pacalaensis - What is it, can you describe it?
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Noisy critters eh? 
