| Author | Message | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 255 Registered: 1-2010 |
I just realized that I had a passive scrund about New Zealand. I had to have a certain amount of knowledge in the beginning to even have it. | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2006 Registered: 3-2006 |
Perhaps you thought the silver fern was a kiwi feather? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 154 Registered: 9-2010 |
Kiwis involved? Kiwi fruit? Kiwi birds? Australia involved? Lord of the Rings? Did you think New Zealand was really Middle Earth? *grin* | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 256 Registered: 1-2010 |
Perhaps you thought the silver fern was a kiwi feather? Kiwis involved? Kiwi fruit? Kiwi birds? Australia involved? Lord of the Rings? Did you think New Zealand was really Middle Earth? *grin* No to all, I'm afraid. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5167 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it related to a specific city in NZ? Is the abbreviation NZ relevant? The word "New"? Did you think there was an "Old Zealand"? Is the scrund about a certain activity related to New Zealand? The climate? Political state? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 165 Registered: 9-2010 |
There isn't an Old Zealand? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3768 Registered: 5-2003 |
Zeeland is part of the Netherlands. Is it related to the history of NZ? The natural history of NZ? The people? Animals? Plants? Other countries? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 169 Registered: 9-2010 |
Thanks Jenburdoo! I learned something new :-D | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 257 Registered: 1-2010 |
yes to animals, no to rest. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 249 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was it about what animals were native to New Zealand? Not native? Wild? Domesticated? Land animals? Sea animals? Mammals? Birds? Fish? Reptiles? Insects? Amphibians? Did I forget anything? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3793 Registered: 5-2003 |
Animal: A specific species? Domesticated? Invertebrate? Mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 258 Registered: 1-2010 |
Was it about what animals were native to New Zealand? this. Not native? Wild? and this. Domesticated? Land animals? and this. Sea animals? Mammals? and this. Birds? Fish? Reptiles? Insects? Amphibians? Did I forget anything? yes, but nothing important to the puzzle. Animal: A specific species? noish. Domesticated? Invertebrate? Mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish? see my responses to Kaylee. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5555 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think there were kangaroos in New Zealand? Koalas? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3815 Registered: 5-2003 |
A general type or class of animals? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 259 Registered: 1-2010 |
Did you think there were kangaroos in New Zealand? Koalas? no to both, but good guesses. I have encountered people with these scrunds. (Actually, there are kangaroos in New Zealand unfortunately, but they are introduced.) A general type or class of animals? Well, mammals are a class. The scrund was about a certain attribute of certain mammals. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 5643 Registered: 4-2010 |
Giving birth relevant? Lactation? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1845 Registered: 7-2009 |
New Zealand is full of sheep. Did you think sheep were native to New Zealand? Were they marsupials? or placental mammals? The certain mammals: could they be considered a species? genus? family? order? some other commonly recognized group of similar species? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 260 Registered: 1-2010 |
Giving birth relevant? Lactation? no to both. New Zealand is full of sheep. Did you think sheep were native to New Zealand? no. Were they marsupials? or placental mammals? this. The certain mammals: could they be considered a species? genus? family? order? some other commonly recognized group of similar species? Mammals native to New Zealand would be more like it. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 413 Registered: 9-2010 |
They're not humans, are they? (just checking)... | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 261 Registered: 1-2010 |
They're not humans, are they? (just checking)...no, but I would definitely consider humans animals/mammals in puzzles. Good thinking. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 581 Registered: 9-2010 |
Thanks, Hominid! *blushes* I thought marsupials were native to New Zealand, too, so you may count me among those scrunded. *is still pondering what's going on* Hmm...monotremes relevant? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 262 Registered: 1-2010 |
Thanks, Hominid! *blushes* I thought marsupials were native to New Zealand, too, so you may count me among those scrunded. *is still pondering what's going on* Hmm...monotremes relevant? nope. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6243 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are the certain mammals also native to other countries/continents? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 263 Registered: 1-2010 |
Are the certain mammals also native to other countries/continents? The scrund is about mammals native to New Zealand in general, most of which are native to other places. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6341 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is a specific order of mammals relevant? Family? Genus? Species? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 3923 Registered: 5-2003 |
So no specific type of mammal is involved, just ones native to New Zealand? Is the scrund that these species evolved there, when they were actually introduced by humans? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 264 Registered: 1-2010 |
Is a specific order of mammals relevant? Family? Genus? Species? this. So no specific type of mammal is involved, just ones native to New Zealand? A specific species is involved, but the scrund is about native NZ mammals in general. Is the scrund that these species evolved there, when they were actually introduced by humans? no. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6549 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the scrund that a specific species was native to NZ? Wasn't? But it actually was? Wasn't? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 265 Registered: 1-2010 |
Was the scrund that a specific species was native to NZ? Wasn't? But it actually was? Wasn't? no to all. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6678 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the scrund that the specific species was part of a specific group of mammals? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 266 Registered: 1-2010 |
Is the scrund that the specific species was part of a specific group of mammals? no. To have the scrund, one needn't have any knowledge of this species. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6817 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the scrund about where the species is located in NZ? Mainland? Coast? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 267 Registered: 1-2010 |
Is the scrund about where the species is located in NZ? Mainland? Coast? no. THE SCRUND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY SPECIFIC SPECIES. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7363 Registered: 4-2010 |
So the scrund is about mammals in New Zealand in general, correct? Is it the amount of species native to NZ? Are there many? Few? One? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 268 Registered: 1-2010 |
So the scrund is about mammals in New Zealand in general, correct? Is it the amount of species native to NZ? no. Are there many? Few? this. One? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7745 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is some characteristic of NZ mammals relevant? | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 102 Registered: 12-2004 |
Is the isolation of NZ relevant? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 269 Registered: 1-2010 |
Is some characteristic of NZ mammals relevant? YES! Is the isolation of NZ relevant? only indirectly. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 7780 Registered: 4-2010 |
Fur relevant? Limbs? Feet? The number of something? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 270 Registered: 1-2010 |
Fur relevant? Limbs? Feet? The number of something? no, with a slight "ish" to limbs. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8096 Registered: 4-2010 |
Hands? Fingers? Arms? Legs? | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2018 Registered: 7-2009 |
tails? | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 103 Registered: 12-2004 |
Wings? Flippers? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 271 Registered: 1-2010 |
Hands? Fingers? Arms? Legs? tails? Wings? Flippers? not any specific limbs, but what can be done with limbs. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1370 Registered: 9-2010 |
Walking? Running? Swinging? Sliding? Swimming? Bouncing? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 272 Registered: 1-2010 |
Walking? this, generally. Basically any movement on the ground. Running? Swinging? Sliding? Swimming? Bouncing? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8177 Registered: 4-2010 |
That NZ mammals can walk? Cannot? | ||
| Docd (Docd)
New member Username: Docd Post Number: 104 Registered: 12-2004 |
Is this about NZ native bats? And the way they walk? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 273 Registered: 1-2010 |
That NZ mammals can walk? Cannot? this...ish. You're definitely getting warmer. Is this about NZ native bats? they are relevant. And the way they walk? yope. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8319 Registered: 4-2010 |
Can walk on two legs? Four legs? Cannot walk on two legs? Four legs? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 274 Registered: 1-2010 |
Can walk on two legs? Four legs? Cannot walk on two legs? Four legs? no to all. The "cannots" are OTRT. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8414 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the scrund that NZ mammals cannot do something? That they actually can do? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 275 Registered: 1-2010 |
Was the scrund that NZ mammals cannot do something? That they actually can do? not quite. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8640 Registered: 4-2010 |
That they can/cannot do something...under certain conditions? Alone? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 276 Registered: 1-2010 |
That they can/cannot do something...under certain conditions? Alone? no. The "not" part of cannot was OTRT; the "can" wasn't OTRT. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8709 Registered: 4-2010 |
That they will not do something? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 277 Registered: 1-2010 |
That they will not do something? no.... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 8975 Registered: 4-2010 |
That they MIGHT not do something? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 278 Registered: 1-2010 |
That they MIGHT not do something? no. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9553 Registered: 4-2010 |
All right, I'm officially scrambled. Recap please? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 279 Registered: 1-2010 |
All right, I'm officially scrambled. Recap please? Okay. Here's a hint: it's something they simply DO not do. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9685 Registered: 4-2010 |
Hunting relevant? Their food? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 280 Registered: 1-2010 |
Hunting relevant? Their food? no, but you're asking the right kind of questions. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9818 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is eating relevant? Drinking? Do they not eat? Not drink water? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 281 Registered: 1-2010 |
Is eating relevant? Drinking? Do they not eat? Not drink water? food/drink not relevant. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10220 Registered: 4-2010 |
Their habitat relevant? Do they build homes? Did you think they did? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4309 Registered: 5-2003 |
Is it something they could do if they wanted to? Do they simply not have the opportunity? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 282 Registered: 1-2010 |
Their habitat relevant? yesish. Do they build homes? Did you think they did? both irr. Is it something they could do if they wanted to? Do they simply not have the opportunity? remember, some of them actually do this thing, but I mistakenly thought that none did. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10370 Registered: 4-2010 |
Swim? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 10371 Registered: 4-2010 |
...if not that, fly? | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4372 Registered: 5-2003 |
Did you think they didn't have the opportunity? Are any other species relevant (for example, plants that they might use)? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 283 Registered: 1-2010 |
Swim? no. ...if not that, fly? no. Did you think they didn't have the opportunity? no. Are any other species relevant (for example, plants that they might use)? no. You're getting closer! You've figured out everything except what the action is. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 11333 Registered: 4-2010 |
Climbing trees? Digging in the ground? Using tools? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 284 Registered: 1-2010 |
Climbing trees? Digging in the ground? Using tools? no to all. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 3754 Registered: 9-2009 |
Relevant animal activity: eating? Drinking? Relieving themselves? Sleeping? Hunting? Fighting? Killing? Mating? Caring for young? Migrating? Dying? Making noise? Interacting with humans? With manmade objects? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 285 Registered: 1-2010 |
Relevant animal activity: eating? Drinking? Relieving themselves? Sleeping? Hunting? may be involved in this. Fighting? Killing? Mating? Caring for young? Migrating? not this, but close. Dying? Making noise? Interacting with humans? With manmade objects? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12322 Registered: 4-2010 |
Travelling long distances? To find food? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 286 Registered: 1-2010 |
Travelling long distances? no, but still close. To find food? no. | ||
| Prystege (Prystege)
New member Username: Prystege Post Number: 2 Registered: 3-2011 |
Did you think no animals from NZ could fly? | ||
| Prystege (Prystege)
New member Username: Prystege Post Number: 3 Registered: 3-2011 |
Did you think no animals from NZ could fly? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12593 Registered: 4-2010 |
Migrating? Welcome to the forum, Prystege! | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4723 Registered: 5-2003 |
Were they carried? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 287 Registered: 1-2010 |
Did you think no animals from NZ could fly? No, but close. And remember, this is about mammals, not animals in general. Migrating? No. Were they carried? if you mean introduced by humans, no. This is about native mammals. I was always aware that plenty of introduced mammals in NZ did the action in question. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 12805 Registered: 4-2010 |
Bats relevant? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 288 Registered: 1-2010 |
Bats relevant? yesish. Especially relevant to what makes the scrund false. | ||
| Sapir (Sapir)
New member Username: Sapir Post Number: 3 Registered: 4-2011 |
You thought "There are no mammals 'native' to NZ because mammals do not fly and all NZ animals arrived via flying?" Except, there is a NZ mammal, a bat. Bats fly. It got there by flying, long ago. It is the only mammal 'native' to NZ and therefore did not need to continue to fly once in NZ in order to avoid predators. | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 289 Registered: 1-2010 |
You thought "There are no mammals 'native' to NZ because mammals do not fly and all NZ animals arrived via flying?" Except, there is a NZ mammal, a bat. Bats fly. It got there by flying, long ago. It is the only mammal 'native' to NZ and therefore did not need to continue to fly once in NZ in order to avoid predators. All that's true, and very OTRT. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13394 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think there was more than one mammal native to NZ? That there were none? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13407 Registered: 4-2010 |
Why does I suspect spam...and not the Monty Python kind... | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 2017 Registered: 11-2003 |
Hmmm, is that a first on this forum? Cause I smell a spammer as well... | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 665 Registered: 2-2009 |
Not a first, sadly, but it's usually easy to catch quickly and deal with, given the fact that legitimate posts here generally look very similar to each other... | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
Moderator Username: Peter365 Post Number: 33 Registered: 1-2011 |
No not a first time i'm afraid. I have taken the liberty of deleting the offending post and will e-mail the poster asking them to desist from spamming . If there's any reocurrance I can block the user but would ask Admin's permission before doing so. | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 290 Registered: 1-2010 |
Did you think there was more than one mammal native to NZ? That there were none? There are actually many mammals native to NZ if you count marine mammals, and I was well aware of this. The only mammal relevant to the puzzle, however, is the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat. Sapir was extremely close, but not quite close enough. | ||
| Noel (Noel)
New member Username: Noel Post Number: 2676 Registered: 7-2009 |
Did it not fly there, but get blown there? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 291 Registered: 1-2010 |
Did it not fly there, but get blown there? irrelevant, but sort of OTRT. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 13737 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think bats were only relevant to NZ? That this particular bat was? Wasn't? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 761 Registered: 2-2011 |
it hunts oon the ground? so it doesn't need to fly to get food? did they float to NZ? or get stranded there following a flood or something? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 293 Registered: 1-2010 |
Did you think bats were only relevant to NZ? That this particular bat was? Wasn't? no. it hunts oon the ground? so it doesn't need to fly to get food? That is true. Now play with that idea and you'll get the answer. did they float to NZ? or get stranded there following a flood or something? irrelevant. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 870 Registered: 2-2011 |
so did you think the bats can no longer fly? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 294 Registered: 1-2010 |
so did you think the bats can no longer fly? no. Very OTRT. | ||
| Dwuanos (Dwuanos)
New member Username: Dwuanos Post Number: 3 Registered: 5-2011 |
Bats in NZ are like sugar gliders or something along these terms. They climb trees and swoop on grasshoppers. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1518 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you think that there's no mammal in NZ that can fly? Or that all mammals in NZ could fly? Sorry to bump in so late. I hope I didn't miss an earlier answer to these questions | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 330 Registered: 1-2010 |
Bats in NZ are like sugar gliders or something along these terms. They climb trees and swoop on grasshoppers. I'm not answering this, as it's not phrased as a question. Did you think that there's no mammal in NZ that can fly? no. Or that all mammals in NZ could fly? close, but still no. Sorry to bump in so late. No problem! I hope I didn't miss an earlier answer to these questions That's fine. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4773 Registered: 5-2003 |
Anything to do with sugar gliders? Insects? Climbing? Did you think that all NZ bats, or some bats, cannot fly? Or are extinct? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 927 Registered: 2-2011 |
did you think that all bats but the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat could fly? or that only the New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat could fly? | ||
| Kawe123 (Kawe123)
New member Username: Kawe123 Post Number: 1 Registered: 6-2011 |
you thought bats couldn't smell things? | ||
| Kawe123 (Kawe123)
New member Username: Kawe123 Post Number: 2 Registered: 6-2011 |
you thought bats couldn't smell things? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 332 Registered: 1-2010 |
No to all. My scrund was about NZ mammals in general, but it is the NZ lesser short-tailed bat that makes my scrund not true. | ||
| Kawe123 (Kawe123)
New member Username: Kawe123 Post Number: 3 Registered: 6-2011 |
You thought all mammals native to NZ were marine, but the lesser short-tailed bat proves the contrary. | ||
| Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo)
New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 4774 Registered: 5-2003 |
You thought there were no native NZ mammals? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 334 Registered: 1-2010 |
You thought all mammals native to NZ were marine, but the lesser short-tailed bat proves the contrary. no. EXTREMELY CLOSE, though. HINT: I already knew of this bat's existence when I had the scrund, but there was something about it that I didn't know. You thought there were no native NZ mammals? no. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1531 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the scrund related to the bat's eating habits? To the fact that it hibernates? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 960 Registered: 2-2011 |
Did you think that all the native mammals were marine? did you think that the lesser short-tailed bat could not fly? did you think they had arrived there by swimming? did they actually arrive some other way? were they true natives? sorry to go back to basics but I think we're getting a bit confused | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 337 Registered: 1-2010 |
Is the scrund related to the bat's eating habits? To the fact that it hibernates? nope. did you think that the lesser short-tailed bat could not fly? no. did you think they had arrived there by swimming? no. did they actually arrive some other way? irr. were they true natives? yes. sorry to go back to basics but I think we're getting a bit confused that's fine. | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 1497 Registered: 8-2001 |
You thought no native NZ mammals could fly? Or you thought that no native NZ had ever flown? | ||
| Prystege (Prystege)
New member Username: Prystege Post Number: 4 Registered: 3-2011 |
Did you think that there were no native animals of NZ that were able to fly (or had wings)? | ||
| Prystege (Prystege)
New member Username: Prystege Post Number: 5 Registered: 3-2011 |
Sorry, i meant to write native 'mammals' in that last post. So, did you think no native mammals of NZ could fly? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 355 Registered: 1-2010 |
You thought no native NZ mammals could fly? Or you thought that no native NZ had ever flown? Did you think that there were no native animals of NZ that were able to fly (or had wings)? Sorry, i meant to write native 'mammals' in that last post. So, did you think no native mammals of NZ could fly? no to all. | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 1508 Registered: 8-2001 |
The bats are true natives. Did you know they were? Did you think they were not? The thing you did not know about the bats: How long they had been in NZ? Their closest relevative outside of NZ? How they got to NZ? That they were different than other bats? That they did not fly? That they did not fly to NZ? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 362 Registered: 1-2010 |
The bats are true natives. Did you know they were? yes. Did you think they were not? no. The thing you did not know about the bats: How long they had been in NZ? Their closest relevative outside of NZ? How they got to NZ? That they were different than other bats? THIS. Excellent question. No to rest. That they did not fly? I think they actually do fly, but it wouldn't affect the puzzle either way. That they did not fly to NZ? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1047 Registered: 2-2011 |
was the thing that you did not know that they feed on the ground? or did you know that they fed on the ground? and thought that they could not fly? or their diet was different? | ||
| Hominid (Hominid)
New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 365 Registered: 1-2010 |
was the thing that you did not know that they feed on the ground? close enough. or did you know that they fed on the ground? and thought that they could not fly? or their diet was different? ***************SPOILER************************* I thought that since all native New Zealand mammals were either this bat or marine mammals, then no mammals in New Zealand spend their time on the ground. However, when I read up on this bat, I found out I was wrong. Good work, everyone. Sorry this was so confusing to some. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1054 Registered: 2-2011 |
yay! good puzzle - I think we were all being a bit dim | ||
| Vesica (Vesica)
New member Username: Vesica Post Number: 1527 Registered: 8-2001 |
AH ha! Very good. That certainly kept us guessing. And I agree with Shez - we were all being a bit dense. |
