Who / What / Where Game Part 2 - Page 171

Catfish · 01-28-23, 03:25 PM

Almost right, but it is not an octopus but another species.

There is a difference between an octopus and a squid.

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We need the name of the living form today, and its scientific name

Marcus said squid which is right, which exactly?

Eichhörnchen · 01-28-23, 03:32 PM

Squiddly Diddly

Catfish · 01-28-23, 03:42 PM

Thinking of certain whales, using sonar to find what exactly? ...

Aktungbby · 01-28-23, 03:50 PM

colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni)

Catfish · 01-28-23, 03:54 PM

^ Almost but no, it is more mundane and not limitd to the antarctic, though it looks a bit like it

Last hint – what do they hunt:

The plump-looking bow of these whales is being squeezed to a more hydrodynamic form by water pressure, when they dive really deep.
Their prey is usually to be found there ..

Aktungbby · 01-28-23, 04:02 PM

Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas)?

Catfish · 01-28-23, 04:06 PM

Still no

mapuc · 01-28-23, 04:20 PM

Giant squid (Architeuthis dux)

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Sperm whales dive to great depths (to more than 2 km or 1.4 mi deep) to catch one of their favorite foods: giant squid

Markus

Catfish · 01-28-23, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Squiddly Diddly

Ok, but ..

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Originally Posted by mapuc

Giant squid (Architeuthis dux)
Markus

YES!

This is the beak of Architheutis dux:
"The parrot-like beak of the giant squid, strong enough to bite through steel cable, is used to cut prey into small pieces. Unlike the octopus, whose arms have simple suckers, the arms and tentacles of the giant squid are equipped with hooks and sharp sucker rings."

The only hard part that is left of the elaborate sculpted ammonites and belemnites, being reduced over millions of years during evolution.

Some other depictions:

Some time before it was thought that the architheutis was hunting sperm whales, but it was found it is the other way round.
Those squids are hunters, but the sperm whale specialised on hunting them.

"Before whales evolved, it could be that giant squids lived near the ocean surface. After whales evolved and discovered that squids are tasty, the giant squids might have started living in deeper water, to escape the whale predators. Some whales might have started diving more deeply (and developed specialized physiology allowing them to hold their breath up to 90 minutes and to resist the great pressure at depth) so they could feast on the squid, so the squid might have responded by living deeper still. Cycles like this, between predators and prey, are examples of co-evolution."

Sperm whales have typical wounds from the sharp hooks of the tentacles of those deep sea sqids and their beaks, but usually the whale is the winner.

Architheutis is seldomly seen alive, when it reaches the upper layers of seawater it is usually dead, or dying (due to the missing pressure of the deep seas). Recent studies show that sperm whales and giant squids like Architheutis are being confused by underwater sounds emitted by submarines and subsea oil operations, whence the beaching of whales and increased sightings of dead squids at the oceans' surfaces.

Jim sure showed the right direction, but the octopus (sometimes called "Kraken") has eight arms without hooks or claws, while the sqids or kalmars have ten (being decapoda rather than octopoda) – two of them are longer and have special tasks of catching prey and drawing ot to the other arms, and the beak.

OT, Physeter macrocephalus ("sperm whale") has its head filled with a special substance to amplify and record a 3-dimensional picture of its surroundings by emitting a 200 db clicking sound that is being echoed and processed. It uses active sonar to hunt those giant squids.

So, over to Marcus

mapuc · 01-28-23, 04:58 PM

He sounds like a great guy this Marcus

What is this

Markus

Aktungbby · 01-28-23, 05:32 PM

Early german auto?

mapuc · 01-28-23, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Early german auto?

Yes

Markus

Eichhörnchen · 01-28-23, 06:05 PM

1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen

mapuc · 01-28-23, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

1886 Mercedes / Benz Patent

Correct

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The Benz Patent-Motorwagen ("patent motorcar"), built in 1885 by the German Carl Benz, is widely regarded as the world's first practical modern automobile and was the first car put into series production It was patented and unveiled in 1886. The original cost of the vehicle in 1886 was 600 imperial German marks approximately 150 US dollars (equivalent to $4,524 in 2021).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benz_Patent-Motorwagen

Over to you my friend

Markus

Eichhörnchen · 01-29-23, 05:15 AM

Good one, Markus - I got it because I recognised the steering mechanism

So what is this? I can reveal more of it for clues later

01-28-23, 03:32 PM	#2552
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,747 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Squiddly Diddly __________________

01-28-23, 03:42 PM	#2553
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Thinking of certain whales, using sonar to find what exactly? ... __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

01-28-23, 03:50 PM	#2554
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,857 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-28-23, 03:54 PM	#2555
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ Almost but no, it is more mundane and not limitd to the antarctic, though it looks a bit like it Last hint – what do they hunt: The plump-looking bow of these whales is being squeezed to a more hydrodynamic form by water pressure, when they dive really deep. Their prey is usually to be found there .. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

01-28-23, 04:02 PM	#2556
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,857 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas)? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-28-23, 04:06 PM	#2557
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Still no __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

01-28-23, 04:58 PM	#2560
mapuc Fleet Admiral Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 17,887 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	He sounds like a great guy this Marcus What is this Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

01-28-23, 05:32 PM	#2561
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,857 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Early german auto? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

01-28-23, 06:05 PM	#2563
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,747 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen __________________

01-29-23, 05:15 AM	#2565
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,747 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Good one, Markus - I got it because I recognised the steering mechanism So what is this? I can reveal more of it for clues later __________________