Today's (G-rated!) biology lesson

mhardy6647
mhardy6647 Posts: 33,960
edited July 2018 in The Clubhouse
There are hummingbirds.

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and there are hummingbird moths.

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Any quesions?
There may be a quiz.

:)


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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    And Hummingbird Moths?

    My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160

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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    This is the BEST biology class, it is short and to the point.
    Good job Doc, I actually learned something. I had no idea there was such thing as a hummingbird moth. Very interesting, do they act similar to hummingbirds? Like fast wings, pollination, etc.
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,149
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QBqvAvVmzA
    My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160

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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,138
    If there is, in fact, going to be a quiz, my answers will be as follows:

    1. all of the above

    2. 1857

    3. Johnny Unitas

    4. Tralfaz

    5. 637.89

    6. Billy Goats Gruff

    7. The Yardbirds

    8. November 23rd, 1932

    9. Peaseblossom

    10. The Road Not Taken

    11. Magnesium

    12. Nova Scotia

    13. Clem Kadiddlehopper
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,149
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,960
    I lobbied for one of parents cats to be named Tralfaz, but I was stymied.

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    ... oh, and you forgot Crazy Guggenheim.


    But nice try.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,960
    Mikey081057 wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QBqvAvVmzA

    Nice video! Beats the heck out of my out-the-mudroom-door snapshots :p
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,138

    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    I lobbied for one of parents cats to be named Tralfaz, but I was stymied.

    ... oh, and you forgot Crazy Guggenheim.


    But nice try.
    My mother used to call us "Tralfaz" whenever we did something silly as kids. The fact that that was Astro's original name was the one piece of cartoon trivia she always remembered. :p

    We watched "The Jackie Gleason Show" on Saturday nights back in the the late 60s, but I only remember Crazy Guggenheim from when WCAX Channel 3 in Burlington showed reruns of it on weekday afternoons circa 1977. :D
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,276
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    oh, and you forgot Crazy Guggenheim.
    Viking64 wrote: »
    My mother used to call us "Tralfaz"
    I'd like to thank you both for giving us your Paypal passwords. Much appreciated!

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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,138
    Hermitism wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    oh, and you forgot Crazy Guggenheim.
    Viking64 wrote: »
    My mother used to call us "Tralfaz"
    I'd like to thank you both for giving us your Paypal passwords. Much appreciated!

    WRONG! My PayPal password is "Race Bannon".
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,276
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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,138
    Bandit looks like my avatar. :p
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,276
    I had to Google "Race Bannon" because I couldn't remember how I knew that name. I remember watching reruns of Jonny Quest early on Saturday mornings.
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,318
    Hermitism wrote: »
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    Well let's be inclusive
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,659
    mlistens03 wrote: »
    This is the BEST biology class, it is short and to the point.
    Good job Doc, I actually learned something. I had no idea there was such thing as a hummingbird moth. Very interesting, do they act similar to hummingbirds? Like fast wings, pollination, etc.

    Yes very cool creatures.
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  • Hermitism
    Hermitism Posts: 4,276
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Hermitism wrote: »
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    Well let's be inclusive
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGAyQAkXajg

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,960
    Mulva.
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Mulva.

    No.....Delores!

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  • Viking64
    Viking64 Posts: 7,138
    teekay0007 wrote: »

    No.....Delores!

    Dolores?

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,960
    edited July 2018
    teekay0007 wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Mulva.

    No.....Delores!

    egg-zack-a-tack-ly.

    PS Good to see a post from you! Hope all is well!

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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    Ever see these Doc?

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    My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,960
    Mikey081057 wrote: »
    Ever see these Doc?

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    No but it's freaking gorgeous whatever it is.

    You know how it works -- the further north one is, the blander everything looks.

    'cept maybe for Scandanavian women.

    :|
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    Specialized moth called the Oleander Moth....I was so fascinated by them that I let them overtake my oleanders.

    Here is the caterpillar

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    My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,659
    those are very cool Mike I can see why you did what you did. So is the caterpillar poisonous ? Looks like it is or very distasteful to birds and such.
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  • Mikey081057
    Mikey081057 Posts: 7,127
    edited July 2018
    Actually one of the few hairy caterpillars that does not sting but is mildly poisonous to humans but probably not as toxic as the oleander itself. Nature is pretty amazing.
    My New Year's resolution is 3840 × 2160

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,960
    Mikey081057 wrote: »
    Actually one of the few hairy caterpillars that does not sting but is mildly poisonous to humans but probably not as toxic as the oleander itself. Nature is pretty amazing.

    10-4 on that. That's why I'm a biologist.
    Well... that plus the fact that biology had the least math requirements of any of the 'hard' sciences. :|

    Studies have shown that 4/3 of Americans have difficulty with fractions. I am one of them. I am at least one of them.

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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    Hermitism wrote: »
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    Hermitism wrote: »
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    Well let's be inclusive
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGAyQAkXajg

    K, new rule here on the Polk Forum: No more posting of any Seinfeld videos in any threads that I might read. Just keep them out of the 'Recent Discussions' and we should be alright. It's just that it inevitably leads to at least a half-hour (usually more!) detour for TK. So, cut it out!! :#
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  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    teekay0007 wrote: »
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Mulva.

    No.....Delores!

    egg-zack-a-tack-ly.

    PS Good to see a post from you! Hope all is well!

    I'm still here! All is fine...chicks still dig me! B) Just working an awful lot lately and checking in much less.

    And, what the he// happened to my Summer?! It's already August! Snow will be flying any day now!!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,960
    yeah, huh?
    (re: it being freaking August already)

    :p
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