[Zoo]

If it didn't succeed in invading, it's not invasive, just exotic .

And I'm in the same boat as the rest of you, I know I know it, but I can't pull up a name. My first thought was orion too since he's referred to as the hunter, but that doesn't mean he's the only hunter, and everything I've seen that talks about his constellation says he has a bow.

*edits*
After a bit of research I still don't know the answer, though I found the name of the guy I thought of when I first read the question. Far as I know he's not considered a hunter, nor does he have a constellation

[Rylkan]

I might have misspoken by saying Hunter, but it IS Orion. In the bible they Samson slew a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an {expletive antidisestablishmentarianized by Cspace} and and then drank water out of a hallow place called Lehi. Lehi is is hebrew for jawbone, and Water in greek is Hyades. The group of stars called the Hyades are in the Jawbone of Taurus the Bull, which is near the Warrior/Hunter, Orion. They think the story in the of Samson is a Pneumonic for remembering the location of these asterisms.

Your turn Aaron.

[Goto]

It isn't Orion, is it? I do remember the story of a hunter who used a jawbone as a weapon from Latin class, but I don't think it was Orion...

Orion is a pretty big noob, I wonder how he managed to kill a Sand Giant. Kinda thought they might have had some fire resistance like most of the other things there.

Anyway... *hides until there's a new question*

[Zoo]

I might have misspoken by saying Hunter, but it IS Orion. In the bible they Samson slew a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an {expletive antidisestablishmentarianized by Cspace} and and then drank water out of a hallow place called Lehi. Lehi is is hebrew for jawbone, and Water in greek is Hyades. The group of stars called the Hyades are in the Jawbone of Taurus the Bull, which is near the Warrior/Hunter, Orion. They think the story in the of Samson is a Pneumonic for remembering the location of these asterisms.

Pnemonic

And that might be why I didn't find anything. What I found about orion was either he had to fight a scorpion because he was arrogant and it killed him and they were both put in the sky, or Athena was tricked into shooting Orion 'cause he was swimming really far out and she was dared to hit the little target that was actually orion's head, so when his body washed up, athena was so heartbroken she put him in the sky.

(not saying you're wrong , that's just what I found, I imagine all from the same source or two given the identicality >_<, on the first several pages of google search)

[Aaron]

If it didn't succeed in invading, it's not invasive, just exotic .

Picky, picky .

Oh, and lol@Goto .

How distant from the Sun is Proxima Centauri?

[Rylkan]

....I won't answer this one unless no one else knows.

::goes back to reading yet another Astronomy textbook for school::

[Zoo]

Picky, picky .

Indeed . Jack Hanna would agree with you actually (but he sucks anyway >_< 1) there IS a rather large difference between venomous and poisonous, it's not nitpicking [story from a fellow volunteer who saw him in person at her daughter's school; santa fe community college's zoo program] and 2) talk about the zoo you're supposed to be raising funds for at THEIR FACILITY at THEIR FUNDRAISER, not a zoo two hours away... [he was director of my zoo at one point]).

In this case it's not at all consequential, but there are many cases where using the wrong word can completely change the meaning and/or implications of a statement. It doesn't just go for scientists looking at other scientists' stuff, but how the people who try (emphasis on try, in some cases... there are good science writers, and there are sucky ones) to convey things to the public explain things. (I'm speaking from a biologist's point of view, so it may not apply to other sciences the same way, but medical and environmental information is pretty much a staple of newscasts, and I cringe at all the things they get wrong, or explain in misleading ways.) So I try to keep things as accurate as possible. I'm not nearly perfect . *Climbs down*


Anyway! Four light-years

[Aaron]

I totally understand, Zoo. It ticks me off when people use incorrect terms about history or guitars .

You're correct, by the way. The exact answer is 4.22 light-years, but I'm fairly sure you weren't just guessing .

[Zoo]

Nope, although I was wondering for a bit there if that was a trick question somehow, it seemed too easy .

Hmm...

Which carnivore is not a carnivore?


*edits* remembered this on my way home today, my new favorite question to ask groups to which I'm showing a bat, so just for fun:

How many eggs does a bat lay?

[Aaron]

Hmm, I'm not sure about the first question. Perhaps you're hinting that the carnivore in question is actually an omnivore?

Bats don't lay eggs .

[Goto]

Yeah... Bats are mammals, aren't they?

[Zoo]

You're on the right track Aaron, but not quite there. And the animal -is- a carnivore. It's just not a carnivore. (I know that doesn't clear it up any, but there's something that causes it to be both at the same time... consider that the word may mean different things.)

And yes, bats are mammals. It's fun to ask because out of a typical group of 10-12 people I usually get one right answer, and then answers ranging from 1 to 100, and the occasional 1000 O_O.

[Goto]

This is a complete shot in the dark, but since 'carnivore' in one sense is talking about animals that eat meat, would the answer be a carnivorous plant such as a venus flytrap?

... Probably not, since you said 'animal' directly in your last post.

[Zoo]

Nope, even though we usually define carnivore as an -animal- that eats other animals, the technical definition doesn't exclude other types pf organism. Good thought though .

This animal is an example of why our classification system is artificial and arbitrary.

[Aaron]

Maybe this animal is a carnivore in the sense that it eats meat, but it prefers scavenging over hunting.