Do You Know This (III)... - Page 12

Count Comfect · 02-28-2009, 11:28 PM

Some sort of goose? Or a swan?

Grey_Wolf · 03-01-2009, 02:43 AM

Well done, CC!

U may continue.

Which is widely scattered throughout the West Indies including a large breeding population in the Bahamas, and smaller numbers in Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and Jamaica. It is largely sedentary, apart from local movements which can be 100 km or more. Nests have been reported in tree cavities, on branches, in clumps of bromeliads, and on the ground under thatch palms and other dense bushes. The usual clutch size is 10-16 eggs. It habitually perches in trees, which gives rise to its specific name.

The birds are mostly nocturnal and secretive, inhabiting wooded swamps and mangroves, where this duck roosts and feeds on plant food including the fruit of the Royal Palm. = West Indian Whistling Duck

Count Comfect · 10-16-2009, 02:46 AM

Some type of duck?

Grey_Wolf · 10-17-2009, 01:48 AM

Im sorry, my friend, I have not the info anymore - Ive deleted the link. Thought everone DYKTed out and fairly bored with the concept.

But if you want i can restart it.

***Earniel*** · 10-17-2009, 05:50 AM

It's the West Indian Whistling Duck, a bird I know from neither name or looks, but I know where you get your info, GW so I know where to look.

I still like quizzes, but some questions (like this one) are a bit though for me and I forget about the thread.

Grey_Wolf · 10-17-2009, 11:59 AM

Well done, Earnie!

You may continue.

These are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. They are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae. There are six to seven species of it in the genus Cygnus. = Swans

Count Comfect · 10-17-2009, 01:38 PM

Swans? I'm pretty sure that's what Cygnus means...

Grey_Wolf · 10-18-2009, 01:14 AM

Well done, CC!

U may continue.

This is a moderately large, broad-bodied duck native to southern Australia. It is protected by law. Dark in colour with fine off-white speckles all over, it is most easily identified by its large head with a peaked (as opposed to rounded) crown.

***Earniel*** · 11-20-2009, 06:48 PM

Do you know your dragons?

1. Much looked-for lake monster from the Congo River, Nessie's african cousin so to speak.

2. Near-eastern dragon, sometimes referred to as Marduk's dragon.

Mušḫuššu

3. Scandinavian gold-loving dragon whose blood rendered its slayer (partly) invulnerable.

Fafnir

4. Hebrew dragon of biblical proportions.

Leviathan

5. Scandinavian sea-monster. Thundergods have been known to mistake it for a cat.

Jörmungandr, the Midgard Serpent

6. Divine Mesoamerican dragon. Particularly fluffy.

Quetzalquatl

Count Comfect · 12-06-2009, 12:28 AM

Hm. 4: Behemoth? Or Leviathan? Those are the only dragon-like things I can recall off the top of my head at the moment from the Bible (well, the Hebrew part. I think Revelations has some too).

I don't know of another name for Marduk's dragon, but it's a pretty snake-like thing with legs and a long tongue.

GrayMouser · 12-06-2009, 02:23 AM

3) Fafnir?

5)The Midgard Serpent. Poor Thor was otnay ootay ightbray, was he?

***Earniel*** · 12-06-2009, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Count Comfect

Hm. 4: Behemoth? Or Leviathan? Those are the only dragon-like things I can recall off the top of my head at the moment from the Bible (well, the Hebrew part. I think Revelations has some too).

Leviathan was the one I was looking for. (If Behemoth was a dragon too, I really will have to brush up my bible-knowledge. I had him pegged as a regular monster. )

Quote:

I don't know of another name for Marduk's dragon, but it's a pretty snake-like thing with legs and a long tongue.

There is a name, but it indeed is the pretty snake-like thing.

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Originally Posted by GrayMouser

3) Fafnir?

5)The Midgard Serpent. Poor Thor was otnay ootay ightbray, was he?

Correct on both counts.

(All three counts, rather.

)

Count Comfect · 12-06-2009, 01:30 PM

I always understood Leviathan as a sea-monster, so I guess each of us thinks the other was wrong

.

Is the pretty snake-thing the unpronounceable Mušḫuššu? I hate diacritical marks on top of consonants...

Also, I completely forgot to mention #6: Quetzalcoatl (also called Kukulkan in Maya).

***Earniel*** · 12-06-2009, 02:18 PM

Correct!

Which leaves only dragon nr. 1 to be named.

02-28-2009, 11:28 PM	#221
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Some sort of goose? Or a swan? __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

03-01-2009, 02:43 AM	#222
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Well done, CC! U may continue. Which is widely scattered throughout the West Indies including a large breeding population in the Bahamas, and smaller numbers in Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, and Jamaica. It is largely sedentary, apart from local movements which can be 100 km or more. Nests have been reported in tree cavities, on branches, in clumps of bromeliads, and on the ground under thatch palms and other dense bushes. The usual clutch size is 10-16 eggs. It habitually perches in trees, which gives rise to its specific name. The birds are mostly nocturnal and secretive, inhabiting wooded swamps and mangroves, where this duck roosts and feeds on plant food including the fruit of the Royal Palm. = West Indian Whistling Duck Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 10-17-2009 at 11:59 AM.

10-16-2009, 02:46 AM	#223
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Some type of duck? __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

10-17-2009, 05:50 AM	#225
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	It's the West Indian Whistling Duck, a bird I know from neither name or looks, but I know where you get your info, GW so I know where to look. I still like quizzes, but some questions (like this one) are a bit though for me and I forget about the thread. __________________ We are not things.

10-17-2009, 11:59 AM	#226
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Well done, Earnie! You may continue. These are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. They are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae. There are six to seven species of it in the genus Cygnus. = Swans Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 10-18-2009 at 01:10 AM.

10-17-2009, 01:48 AM	#224
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Im sorry, my friend, I have not the info anymore - Ive deleted the link. Thought everone DYKTed out and fairly bored with the concept. But if you want i can restart it.

10-17-2009, 01:38 PM	#227
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Swans? I'm pretty sure that's what Cygnus means... __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

10-18-2009, 01:14 AM	#228
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Well done, CC! U may continue. This is a moderately large, broad-bodied duck native to southern Australia. It is protected by law. Dark in colour with fine off-white speckles all over, it is most easily identified by its large head with a peaked (as opposed to rounded) crown.

12-06-2009, 12:28 AM	#230
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	Hm. 4: Behemoth? Or Leviathan? Those are the only dragon-like things I can recall off the top of my head at the moment from the Bible (well, the Hebrew part. I think Revelations has some too). I don't know of another name for Marduk's dragon, but it's a pretty snake-like thing with legs and a long tongue. __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

12-06-2009, 02:23 AM	#231
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	3) Fafnir? 5)The Midgard Serpent. Poor Thor was otnay ootay ightbray, was he? __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

12-06-2009, 01:30 PM	#233
Count Comfect Word Santa Claus Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,922	I always understood Leviathan as a sea-monster, so I guess each of us thinks the other was wrong . Is the pretty snake-thing the unpronounceable Mušḫuššu? I hate diacritical marks on top of consonants... Also, I completely forgot to mention #6: Quetzalcoatl (also called Kukulkan in Maya). __________________ Sufficient to have stood, yet free to fall.

12-06-2009, 02:18 PM	#234
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Correct! Which leaves only dragon nr. 1 to be named. __________________ We are not things.