The photographer, Rakesh Rocky, titled this “Ant Pushing a Drop Of Water”, taken with a macro lens.
OMG… then it erupts . It’s everywhere… some posts admiring the ant for its strength and tenacity. Some saying ants push water back to their colonies.
A couple of places say it won a prize for wildlife photography.. one of them says it shouldn’t have because it’s not wildlife. (!?)
But that’s nothing compared to the rest of the controversy.
Other sites say ants can’t push balls of water, so this is fake, it’s photoshopped, or it’s a glass ball and a dead ant or it’s AI.
Others say the ant isn’t pushing the water, but drinking from it.
Those who insist they know more about science say that big raindrops are dangerous to ants, that their legs are so small they get sucked inside by the surface tension of the water and die. This ant is trying to escape!
Then there was the scientist at some university who weighed in about how a water droplet couldn’t possibly have stayed that round, so it was something else.
The side of the car says Caterpillar, and Caterpillar was a ride in several amusement parks. This doesn’t look quite like the ones that I could find.
However, this picture looks similar to one of the features: “A high-powered fan located under the carriage of the ride was traditionally used to surprise riders with a blast of air as the cars traverse the track.”
No (my husband isn’t fond of lamb, sheep or mutton except when it’s prepared Chinese) – but beef tongue? A lot!
I like Prairie/Rocky Mountain Oysters from lamb whatever once in a while. Yup; same source.
Seems like a great idea!
As long as it’s not too many hours a day, and no one is forced, or criticized.
Do the caregivers draw straws for having to be the whack-a-mole target?
I’ve known so many people by now who’ve been confined to such places, and watched most of them get weaker, and less mentally alert.
My dad’s Alzheimer’s residence had “exercise” a few days a week on the big schedule on the wall… But it was maybe 20 or 25 minutes of kicking a ball, either an inflated beach ball or a half-filled mylar helium balloon, back and forth across the room to each other.
They enjoyed it… but they were very slow, usually missed, and when a caregiver held the ball for them, they barely kicked it, or else sent it off in the wrong direction. So at least half the time was spent watching caregivers retrieve the ball.
One day when I was visiting Dad, they asked me to join in. When the ball came my way, I gave it what I thought was a very light tap with my foot, and it sailed up and way across the room. I hadn’t realized just how weak the residents were.
Again, though this one was easier, I had extra time when the site was down to make
a solution:
In fact, I had so much time, I found 8 more objects that were probably meant to be a separate puzzle.
Of course, I don’t know whether I picked something that wasn’t meant to be puzzling… or skipped anything i didn’t notice was hidden… and there are no little pictures for clues. But it still works.
If you want to try it, see whether you can find a Popsicle, a pencil, a lollipop, a baseball bat, a baseball cap, a mushroom, a butterfly, and … somewhat strangely… an axe(!)
Here are the ones I found:
I know the butterfly could just be her hair ornament… But I think it’s supposed to be a bow that’s hiding a butterfly.
BTW… on the original site of this puzzle, I’m thinking the label on the toothbrush is meant to be a clue… Like pointing out that it’s a toothbrush will help you find it. My guess is that touching each object would bring up its label, unless you pressed “Hide clues”.
I wish it had been shown with the label open for object #4, instead of the toothbrush. What IS that thing? I thought maybe a needle, but that big round eye wouldn’t go through fabric, and the point is cut off flat.
Okay… The site was down again… 8:45pm PST, it seems to be back!
I think that’s the same schedule as yesterday. Same message, 429 error…. posting too many comments when I can’t post any.
Some weird WordPress maintenance schedule? Or a very overloaded hour for traffic on WP blogs?
The massive bronze doors of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The doors were installed in December 1949, replacing the original wooden ones.
You all probably know this already. If you don’t, enjoy. While visiting my sister in El Paso, she introduced me to the Merlin app (free). It allows you to take pictures of birds, send them to the app, and it will (fairly reliably) identify the bird and give you some background on it. It can also identify a bird from the sound that you record in the app. I hope it gives you many pleasurable moments.
Wish I’d known when I had a mystery bird!
I think he disappeared even before I had a smartphone, though.
A large-ish (California robin-size) roundish-built, brownish grey bird, not lean and pointy like a jay, with a much shorter beak.
He was slightly lighter with less brown tones on the belly, but no other colors. Basically looked grey, not brown.
Cocky like a jay or a mockingbird, he would strut about on my little porch and keep pausing to peck away for ages at his reflection in the sliding glass door.
I was afraid he’d hurt his beak, so I put stickers on it… It did no good.
He came.back every summer, year after year. Sure, it could have been a different one, I suppose, after awhile, but he always looked the same, and there were never two… and always looked for his rival to fight on my porch.
I looked him up in bird books and never found him. The pictures were all too thin, too pointy, or too brown. I never managed to take his picture cos I couldn’t go out without scaring him away.
This won’t help you then, but Merlin seems to be able to identify birds even when the picture is taken through a screen door or with other things in the way. Front, back, side, top views, all seem to be pretty good. Fascinating.
.
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The photographer, Rakesh Rocky, titled this “Ant Pushing a Drop Of Water”, taken with a macro lens.
OMG… then it erupts . It’s everywhere… some posts admiring the ant for its strength and tenacity. Some saying ants push water back to their colonies.
A couple of places say it won a prize for wildlife photography.. one of them says it shouldn’t have because it’s not wildlife. (!?)
But that’s nothing compared to the rest of the controversy.
Other sites say ants can’t push balls of water, so this is fake, it’s photoshopped, or it’s a glass ball and a dead ant or it’s AI.
Others say the ant isn’t pushing the water, but drinking from it.
Those who insist they know more about science say that big raindrops are dangerous to ants, that their legs are so small they get sucked inside by the surface tension of the water and die. This ant is trying to escape!
Then there was the scientist at some university who weighed in about how a water droplet couldn’t possibly have stayed that round, so it was something else.
I give up!
,,
I defy you to look at that and not smile. 🙂
I giggled!
…
Get that horse a blanket!
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Even then, it looked totally fake. I already knew computers weren’t like that.
But the movie was fun anyway.
“I picked a bad week to give up movies!”
,
I want to go in and see what they’ve got.
Pick up a few things from 1939…. And in an old country store like that, probably some things they’ve had on a back shelf since 1909, as well.
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“A vulturine guineafowl (Acryllium vulturinum) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Lincoln, Nebraska.”… From their website.
That’s where I grew up!
Wow… Must be fun growing up in the zoo!
😉
Reminds me of a Skeksis from “The Dark Crystal”.
Nooooo!
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Fair Fun, Kurt Hutton, 1938
Girls are allowed to have fun too!
She looks like she’s having more fun than was generally allowed in 1938.
I thought her skirt had just blown up in the wind, but now I see that she’s not exactly trying to hold it down.
LOL… Hope she continued having fun!
The side of the car says Caterpillar, and Caterpillar was a ride in several amusement parks. This doesn’t look quite like the ones that I could find.
However, this picture looks similar to one of the features: “A high-powered fan located under the carriage of the ride was traditionally used to surprise riders with a blast of air as the cars traverse the track.”
Like the blast of air in the fun house.
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I have a feeling that last line grew out of a personal experience, that became a cautionary tale.
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Gets bigger and bigger, but never gets bigger.
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I wonder who ate all the lamb tongues, to leave the empty wooden box.
Presumably, canned lamb tongues.
Or maybe, they were still sitting on the store shelves, when the grocer gave the box to the boys.
Maybe they’re still there.
They are at the Turkish supermarket just around the corner here.
Have you had them?
I discovered last night that they’re available lots of places, and considered a treat in various Middle Eastern cuisines. Sometimes pickled or smoked.
I’ve never seen them around here, but maybe I haven’t looked in the right places. We don’t have any Middle Eastern stores that I know of
But Jewish delis used to always have beef tongue. Not from a can…. and not as popular any more… Maybe on the East Coast.
Here’s some….
No (my husband isn’t fond of lamb, sheep or mutton except when it’s prepared Chinese) – but beef tongue? A lot!
I like Prairie/Rocky Mountain Oysters from lamb whatever once in a while. Yup; same source.
,,.
Seems like a great idea!
As long as it’s not too many hours a day, and no one is forced, or criticized.
Do the caregivers draw straws for having to be the whack-a-mole target?
I’ve known so many people by now who’ve been confined to such places, and watched most of them get weaker, and less mentally alert.
My dad’s Alzheimer’s residence had “exercise” a few days a week on the big schedule on the wall… But it was maybe 20 or 25 minutes of kicking a ball, either an inflated beach ball or a half-filled mylar helium balloon, back and forth across the room to each other.
They enjoyed it… but they were very slow, usually missed, and when a caregiver held the ball for them, they barely kicked it, or else sent it off in the wrong direction. So at least half the time was spent watching caregivers retrieve the ball.
One day when I was visiting Dad, they asked me to join in. When the ball came my way, I gave it what I thought was a very light tap with my foot, and it sailed up and way across the room. I hadn’t realized just how weak the residents were.
.
I don’t wanna name names… But somebody might be in a little bit of trouble. Just…. somebody.
Not funny.
I hope that’s water based.
I’d think so… If it weren’t, I don’t think anybody would be pausing to take a picture, or posting it as a joke.
.,
Bunny!
Bunny hand puppet.
“Hello, I’m Bunny”
<3
Again, though this one was easier, I had extra time when the site was down to make
In fact, I had so much time, I found 8 more objects that were probably meant to be a separate puzzle.
Of course, I don’t know whether I picked something that wasn’t meant to be puzzling… or skipped anything i didn’t notice was hidden… and there are no little pictures for clues. But it still works.
If you want to try it, see whether you can find a Popsicle, a pencil, a lollipop, a baseball bat, a baseball cap, a mushroom, a butterfly, and … somewhat strangely… an axe(!)
I know the butterfly could just be her hair ornament… But I think it’s supposed to be a bow that’s hiding a butterfly.
BTW… on the original site of this puzzle, I’m thinking the label on the toothbrush is meant to be a clue… Like pointing out that it’s a toothbrush will help you find it. My guess is that touching each object would bring up its label, unless you pressed “Hide clues”.
I wish it had been shown with the label open for object #4, instead of the toothbrush. What IS that thing? I thought maybe a needle, but that big round eye wouldn’t go through fabric, and the point is cut off flat.
It might be a wooden spoon, and the area in the center is just the bowl of the spoon.
Oh! I think you’re right.
Got ’em all
Yay!
.,
Do I have to solve it twice??
Okay… The site was down again… 8:45pm PST, it seems to be back!
I think that’s the same schedule as yesterday. Same message, 429 error…. posting too many comments when I can’t post any.
Some weird WordPress maintenance schedule? Or a very overloaded hour for traffic on WP blogs?
Dare I refresh? Here goes nothing….
It worked! Yay!
The massive bronze doors of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The doors were installed in December 1949, replacing the original wooden ones.
Hooded Crow.
You all probably know this already. If you don’t, enjoy. While visiting my sister in El Paso, she introduced me to the Merlin app (free). It allows you to take pictures of birds, send them to the app, and it will (fairly reliably) identify the bird and give you some background on it. It can also identify a bird from the sound that you record in the app. I hope it gives you many pleasurable moments.
cool!
Wish I’d known when I had a mystery bird!
I think he disappeared even before I had a smartphone, though.
A large-ish (California robin-size) roundish-built, brownish grey bird, not lean and pointy like a jay, with a much shorter beak.
He was slightly lighter with less brown tones on the belly, but no other colors. Basically looked grey, not brown.
Cocky like a jay or a mockingbird, he would strut about on my little porch and keep pausing to peck away for ages at his reflection in the sliding glass door.
I was afraid he’d hurt his beak, so I put stickers on it… It did no good.
He came.back every summer, year after year. Sure, it could have been a different one, I suppose, after awhile, but he always looked the same, and there were never two… and always looked for his rival to fight on my porch.
I looked him up in bird books and never found him. The pictures were all too thin, too pointy, or too brown. I never managed to take his picture cos I couldn’t go out without scaring him away.
This won’t help you then, but Merlin seems to be able to identify birds even when the picture is taken through a screen door or with other things in the way. Front, back, side, top views, all seem to be pretty good. Fascinating.
.
I have no idea why, but stores, or maybe produce managers, seem to love to mess with bananas.
Even Safeway…. And why a sticker anyway?