Who / What / Where Game - Page 926

u crank · 12-03-20, 08:34 PM

And we have a winner.

The $3 billion cost of design and production of the B-29 (equivalent to $43 billion today), far exceeding the $1.9 billion cost of the Manhattan Project, made the B-29 program the most expensive of the war.

Over to you Aktungbby.

Aktungbby · 12-03-20, 08:57 PM

what's this?!!

EDIT: I had actually seen the 'starboard' side of Enola Gay at the Smithsonian at niece's Xmas wedding in Washington DC last December; in contrast to the usual 'portside' shot with Enola Gay in big print seen in history books etc. >

Buddahaid · 12-03-20, 09:06 PM

A bird.

Aktungbby · 12-03-20, 09:22 PM

yes!

Catfish · 12-04-20, 02:30 AM

Well done! I did not know that B29s were ever used/in service by the UK

re Aktung an actual check through for start:

Aktungbby · 12-04-20, 03:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

Well done! I did not know that B29s were ever used/in service by the UK

re Aktung an actual check through for start:

A little added treat for Catfish from just up the road where I live:Note the VW beetle in background with radial propeller engine also!!??

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/loca...ngines/126321/

Jimbuna · 12-04-20, 06:11 AM

Southern rockhopper penguin?

Aktungbby · 12-04-20, 11:21 AM

you're getting warm

Jimbuna · 12-04-20, 01:10 PM

A penguin type?

Catfish · 12-04-20, 02:35 PM

^ i take it you are up to something, something to do with noodles

Aktungbby · 12-04-20, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

A penguin type?

Yes; but the species is now determined to be very specific and separate; based on the specific parasites of each of 3 species! What is the specific species?

skidman · 12-04-20, 05:29 PM

My money is on Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, Moseley's rockhopper penguin. And should I be wrong, I still want to thank you for making me going through at least ten papers on the Eudyptes species, their parasites, their breeding and mating patterns, their abundance in different Subantarctic habitats and of course their taxonomy. Felt like I was preparing for my diploma examination in zoology again.

Aktungbby · 12-04-20, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skidman

My money is on Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, Moseley's rockhopper penguin. And should I be wrong, I still want to thank you for making me going through at least ten papers on the Eudyptes species, their parasites, their breeding and mating patterns, their abundance in different Subantarctic habitats and of course their taxonomy. Felt like I was preparing for my diploma examination in zoology again.

Well U jus' moseley on over to the winner's circle!

It is the Moseley's or Northen Rockhopper penguin. When Jimbo said Southern Rockhopper he was gettin' very 'warm'!!

Quote:

The rockhopper penguin was split into three distinct subspecies in 1992; the southern, (E. c. chrysocome), eastern (E. c. filholi) and northern rockhopper penguin (E. c. moseleyi). The three subspecies are distinguished by differences in the length of the tassels of the crests, the size and colour of the fleshy margin of the gape, colour pattern on the underside of the flipper and differences in the size of the supercilliary stripe in front of the eye. Additionally, the northern rockhopper penguin is larger than the other two subspecies.[8] Proof that the three subspecies were truly different, in terms of more than reproductive isolation and some morphological features, was found in the mitochondrial sequences of the three species. It was found E. c. filholi and E. c. chrysocome were not as different genetically as E. c. moseleyi was to the other two subspecies. The level of genetic differentiation was similar to the genetic difference found in other penguin subspecies groups.[3]Another way that scientists were able to differentiate the different subspecies of rockhoppers were in the parasites that fed off each separate rockhopper penguin species. Penguins are parasitised by 15 species of chewing lice in two genera, Austrogoniodes and the monotypic Nesiotinus. Within rockhopper penguins, the host-specific louse Austrogoniodes keleri is present only on southern rockhoppers; the multi-host Austrogoniodes concii parasitises only northern rockhoppers and Austrogoniodes hamiltoni parasitises only eastern rockhoppers.[9][10] Cross contamination of the lice is not possible naturally due to the fact that chewing lice have limited mobility and heavily rely on their host for survival, meaning that the lice can only be transmitted across species by way of close physical contact.[11]

Over to our resident 'zooologist'!

PS: that study time was vengeance for a long night of looking at 40+ Portuguese African slave forts!

skidman · 12-04-20, 06:40 PM

Fair enough. But honestly I enjoyed browsing some biological publications again. There is too much computer and technical gibberish in the stuff I have to read these days, sometimes its nice to go back to your roots again. And penguins are amazing birds, seeing them "fly" under water always makes me wonder, if any human submarine designer will ever reach this level of elegance.

Hm. What's this and where can it be found?

Aktungbby · 12-04-20, 07:23 PM

Is it a window of a dwelling?

12-03-20, 08:34 PM	#13876
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,560 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	And we have a winner. The $3 billion cost of design and production of the B-29 (equivalent to $43 billion today), far exceeding the $1.9 billion cost of the Manhattan Project, made the B-29 program the most expensive of the war. Over to you Aktungbby. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

12-03-20, 08:57 PM	#13877
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,865 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	what's this?!! EDIT: I had actually seen the 'starboard' side of Enola Gay at the Smithsonian at niece's Xmas wedding in Washington DC last December; in contrast to the usual 'portside' shot with *Enola Gay* in big print seen in history books etc. > __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe" Last edited by Aktungbby; 12-04-20 at 06:08 PM.

12-03-20, 09:06 PM	#13878
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,560 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 0	A bird. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

12-03-20, 09:22 PM	#13879
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,865 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	yes! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

12-04-20, 02:30 AM	#13880
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Well done! I did not know that B29s were ever used/in service by the UK re Aktung an actual check through for start: __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

12-04-20, 06:11 AM	#13882
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,240 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Southern rockhopper penguin? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

12-04-20, 11:21 AM	#13883
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,865 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	you're getting warm __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe" Last edited by Aktungbby; 12-04-20 at 01:06 PM.

12-04-20, 01:10 PM	#13884
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,240 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A penguin type? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

12-04-20, 02:35 PM	#13885
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ i take it you are up to something, something to do with noodles __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

12-04-20, 05:29 PM	#13887
skidman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Near the Dutch mountains Posts: 1,147 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	My money is on Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, Moseley's rockhopper penguin. And should I be wrong, I still want to thank you for making me going through at least ten papers on the Eudyptes species, their parasites, their breeding and mating patterns, their abundance in different Subantarctic habitats and of course their taxonomy. Felt like I was preparing for my diploma examination in zoology again. __________________ "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” (Douglas Adams)

12-04-20, 06:40 PM	#13889
skidman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Near the Dutch mountains Posts: 1,147 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Fair enough. But honestly I enjoyed browsing some biological publications again. There is too much computer and technical gibberish in the stuff I have to read these days, sometimes its nice to go back to your roots again. And penguins are amazing birds, seeing them "fly" under water always makes me wonder, if any human submarine designer will ever reach this level of elegance. Hm. What's this and where can it be found? __________________ "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” (Douglas Adams)

12-04-20, 07:23 PM	#13890
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,865 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Is it a window of a dwelling? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"