What’s That? (62)

24 responses to “What’s That? (62)”

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   neocorsten

   Mar 2, 2006 at 1:07 am

   an animal that didn’t wait for us to invent the light !

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   BenODen

   Mar 2, 2006 at 1:09 am

   Oooh ooh, a Steve puzzle. Cool, I’m first! (Not first, after all, quick guy!)

   I want it to be a visualization of stresses on a seagull or other bird in flight.

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3. 

   goofy comparison

   Mar 2, 2006 at 1:14 am

   Purple Heart. Or A Bicycle Saddle That the Gel Has Burst 😉 Looks like it’s from the Sea.

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   biotron

   Mar 2, 2006 at 1:23 am

   deep sea jellyfish

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   biotron

   Mar 2, 2006 at 1:25 am

   i love ’em – thanks to David Attenborough and the BBC for their wonderful "Blue Planet" series… these pulsating spectral light displays are incredible 🙂

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   biotron

   Mar 2, 2006 at 1:26 am

   i’ve just noticed, it’s two mating!

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   angry shock

   Mar 2, 2006 at 1:26 am

   "I think this one should go quickly…."

   that sounded sooo a clue…

   A happy bday party hat (like mine?)

   <|-)

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   angry shock

   Mar 2, 2006 at 1:28 am

   HA! I haven´t seen biotron´s post. =D

   All in all, it was about happy parties…

   !

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9. 

   jurvetson

   Mar 2, 2006 at 1:32 am

   Bingo Biotron!…. a new winner I believe. It was inevitable that he would get it; his icon shows him to be closely realted species…

   This is a picture of two frolicking comb jellies at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

   The rainbows ripple down eight ridges, each of which is a comb of tiny hairs used for propulsion through the water. The intense colors are caused by diffraction since the structures repeat with a period precisely related to the wavelength of light (just like in a diffraction grating… which also makes the rainbow of colors appear on a music CD).

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10. 

    BenODen

    Mar 2, 2006 at 1:32 am

    Ok, so my not just smoking things answer… Um um, maybe a fusion gidget/flashbulb?

    (Edit, ok, so maybe not, congrats biotron!)

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    biotron

    Mar 2, 2006 at 1:40 am

    …you mean you weren’t deep sea diving with your amazing underwater camera? pffft! aquarium schmaquarium! 😉

    *note to self: take up Tony Buzan memory techniques to recall precise scientific explanation for phenomena for future puzzles*

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12. 

    crowded wound

    Mar 2, 2006 at 1:41 am

    Could I have been further from the truth? 🙁

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13. 

    biotron

    Mar 2, 2006 at 1:42 am

    well, it does smack slightly of the ceremonial saddle in Matthew Barney’s "Cremaster 2"… 🙂

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    BenODen

    Mar 2, 2006 at 1:43 am

    LOL atanas. Well, just shows how good at symmetry nature is! *grin*

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15. 

    crowded wound

    Mar 2, 2006 at 1:48 am

    Thank you, guys, for the merciful consolation… 🙂

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16. 

    !MimosaMicheMichelle!

    Mar 2, 2006 at 1:57 am

    My soul!

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17. 

    angry shock

    Mar 2, 2006 at 3:13 am

    your soul?!

    wow, mimosa, I´d never have imagine… COOL!

    =D

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18. 

    eclectic echoes

    Mar 2, 2006 at 3:15 am

    Looks like a pair of Mnemiopsis leidyi they also have a wonderful bioluminescence when disturbed.

    Frolicking perhaps, but not mating. All ctenophores (comb jellies) are hermaphroditic, and they are broadcast fertilizers. One adult can spawn both eggs and sperm into the water in the same night and fertilize it’s own eggs.

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19. 

    !MimosaMicheMichelle!

    Mar 2, 2006 at 3:43 am

    Miss Argentina:
    That is what I see….!

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20. 

    boring fact

    Mar 2, 2006 at 3:51 am

    like watching underwater ballet, only better, more graceful…beautiful capture

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21. 

    The Rocketeer

    Mar 2, 2006 at 3:53 am

    Oh, dang… I missed another famous Jurvetson puzzle…

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22. 

    blimpa

    Mar 3, 2006 at 4:11 am

    i really need to get my own jellyfish. although maybe i should get out of the bad habit of wanting to own creatures that i haven’t the faintest idea how to care for.

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23. 

    holistic eyes

    Jul 8, 2006 at 1:17 pm

    super!

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24. 

    De carrusel

    Nov 27, 2019 at 1:54 pm

    Beautiful shot .. complimenti👍

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