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Midgleys_ZA

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Oh .... so the entire name is identical? Oh crumbs....I'm sure I've come across this before, but can't think of it right now. Any other hints please? Like is it a mammal/reptile/bird...... :blink:

 

Too early for hints I think. The original question (when I was asked it) said animal, so narrowing it down to vertebrate is already a hint :P

 

Knowing what John does, I'll go with some type of fish. <_<

Maybe my answer will help someone else find the solution!

 

But I'm an Entomologist, I stopped studying fish more than 8 years ago ;)

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Midgleys_ZA

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OK - how about Rhinoceros ?

 

Black Rhino = Dicornis biceros (Spelling might be wrong, I'm too lazy to google)

White Rhino = Ceratotherium simum (again, lazy)

I don't know what the Asian Rhino names are.

 

Coelocanth = Latemaria chulumna, so not that.

 

Something that should be showing from my replies, is that the correct answer is two words long.

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Carbon Hunter

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OK - how about Rhinoceros ?

 

Black Rhino = Dicornis biceros (Spelling might be wrong, I'm too lazy to google)

White Rhino = Ceratotherium simum (again, lazy)

I don't know what the Asian Rhino names are.

 

Coelocanth = Latemaria chulumna, so not that.

 

Something that should be showing from my replies, is that the correct answer is two words long.

 

The Asian Rhino's have the first name rhinoceros.

 

OK - no legs?

 

Orca?

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Midgleys_ZA

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OK - how about Rhinoceros ?

 

Black Rhino = Dicornis biceros (Spelling might be wrong, I'm too lazy to google)

White Rhino = Ceratotherium simum (again, lazy)

I don't know what the Asian Rhino names are.

 

Coelocanth = Latemaria chulumna, so not that.

 

Something that should be showing from my replies, is that the correct answer is two words long.

 

The Asian Rhino's have the first name rhinoceros.

 

OK - no legs?

 

Orca?

 

So, I used google now. Indian Rhinoceros = Rhinoceros unicornis, which has one name in common, but in the wrong order.

 

Orca = Orcinus orca, so not that either.

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Midgleys_ZA

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and here I am far away from my Snake book!

 

Let me try to guess - Boa constrictor?

 

Correct! Boa constrictor = Boa constrictor

The mistake I made when asking the question was that there is also an extinct animal that meets the criteria, Tyrannosaurus rex. Boa constrictor is the only extant animal where the two match though.

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GEO936

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Oh my goodness! I did not expect to get that one right. It just seemed "latinish" enough to be the scientific name as well. Thanks for all the hints though. That did help a lot!

 

And now I am on the spot....I have no idea what to ask. Let me give it 5 mins thought....

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GEO936

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I take a guess at Lanseria as it's the nearest to your home?

 

Ding!! You got it baby, you got it!!

 

Yes, Lanseria Airport was the correct answer.

 

In 1972, two Pretoria pilots, Fanie Haacke and Abe Sher, identified the ideal site for an airport. At that moment, Lanseria International Airport was born. In time, the airport would play a vital role in South Africa’s aviation industry.

 

Considered issues such as the airport's location in relation to residential areas, land suited to long runways with good approaches, identification of smog and fog-free zones and a site in open surrounds in case of forced landings, were instrumental in ensuring Lanseria's enduring success.

 

The Krugersdorp and Roodepoort Municipalities as well as the Transvaal Peri-Urban Board purchased the land and contracted it to the newly formed Lanseria Management Company on a 99-year lease.

 

Lanseria International Airport was opened to air traffic by, the then minister of transport, Hannes Rall, on 16 August 1974. On that day, a Learjet ZS-MTD became the first jet to land at Lanseria International Airport. - Acknowledgement: www.lanseria.co.za

 

Your go Gerhard!

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trevorh7000

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Somewhere I recall reading about these guys. Got something to do with the old Guilds if I remember correctly. :unsure:

 

Not sure if there was a guild for them but were they not woodsmen of some kind - I have read about them too as I have a mate who uses the word and I looked it up once. Log cutter, or someone who works felling trees or maintaining related equipment or something along those lines - since I am not able to provide much more info than that I am off to google it as this is killing me - if I am right enough so be it - if not I will not be eligible to answer this question again.

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tomtwogates

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Somewhere I recall reading about these guys. Got something to do with the old Guilds if I remember correctly. :unsure:

 

Not sure if there was a guild for them but were they not woodsmen of some kind - I have read about them too as I have a mate who uses the word and I looked it up once. Log cutter, or someone who works felling trees or maintaining related equipment or something along those lines - since I am not able to provide much more info than that I am off to google it as this is killing me - if I am right enough so be it - if not I will not be eligible to answer this question again.

 

Agree with Trev, not sure if there was ever a guild, but Trev is getting closer <_< <_<

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tomtwogates

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I was initially thinking those little people that loive on Rondebosch Common (like the Wombles :) )

 

But after Trevors answers - how about woodworkers who doe not use nails or glue in their furniture manufacture?

 

getting closer I guess, but a bit more specific and specialised than that! Thanks CH thought it had gone totally dead!

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tomtwogates

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Woodworkers who use no power tools? Only old fashioned manual labour?

 

looks like you're the only one attempting this one CH - so I'll give it over to you it is actually a tad more specialised -

 

A Bodger was a craftsman who practiced Bodging. It is a craft which dates back more than 500 years and was practices by itinerant woodland workers who specialized in making the legs and stretchers of the famous Windsor chairs in Britain. A Bodger would purchase a stand of Beech trees in a wood, clear a space and set up their temporary living quarters and go about the business of selecting the right trees from which to make the chair legs and stretchers or braces.

An interesting link to the last Bodger is this one: -

 

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Carbon Hunter

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COP17 has recently been held in Durban.

 

Where will COP18 be held in 2012?

 

It won't be - they will have finally decided the best way to save the earth woudl be for them to not fly all over the world emitting huge amounts of carbon and wasting money and time and rather use the cash to plant some trees.

We wish!

With al;l the hot air at the event - this is definitely a wrong answer :)

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