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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 03/29/2009 : 02:56:15 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Simon
Sorta of a silly question... But how long do snake live in general? I never considered the question myself...
I guess it can be very long, considering sea turtles... I am not sure how variable it is, though...
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I've heard of some captive snakes living for some 30 years or so, but in the wild, not so long. I don't know what the longevity record might be, if there is such.
Incidentally, judging from the jaw impressions of the above iguana bite, the animal wasn't all that large; maybe 3.5 feet including tail. Giant green Igs are neat until they get to just about that size, when the hormones kick in. Then they go all but bi-polar, especially males.
This handsome fellow in his breeding colors is probably close to 6' long. [/hijack]
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
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Posted - 03/29/2009 : 04:33:32 [Permalink]
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I hadn't known that iguanas could be so grouchy and feisty. That was one nasty wound. Looked like a dog bite to my layman's eye.
BTW, the coloration on the iguana I have in "The Supper" is fake. If it resembles any real iguana's color, that's a chance coincidence. It appeared rather colorless, so I jazzed it up.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 03/29/2009 : 06:33:51 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
I hadn't known that iguanas could be so grouchy and feisty. That was one nasty wound. Looked like a dog bite to my layman's eye.
BTW, the coloration on the iguana I have in "The Supper" is fake. If it resembles any real iguana's color, that's a chance coincidence. It appeared rather colorless, so I jazzed it up.
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It's close enough for a female or older juvenile. the male pictured above is horney -- he too is more greenish when not trying to get laid.
These animals have small but very sharp and serrated teeth. While they are vegetarian, they have strong jaws and can rip through flesh like bandsaw.
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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Posted - 04/25/2009 : 21:39:59 [Permalink]
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Congrats for spoofing the world, Mooner!
Google Images is displaying your "The Supper" in the number-one slot on a search for "The Last Supper."
In the last week, this thread has been viewed over 7,851 times.
Edited to say, "whoops!" Google Images is actually displaying the original, which you also posted on page 1. Well, that's even more of a spoof, because people are going to see your version first, when they come here. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 04/25/2009 : 21:42:19 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Congrats for spoofing the world, Mooner!
Google Images is displaying your "The Supper" in the number-one slot on a search for "The Last Supper."
In the last week, it's been hit over 7,851 times.
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Har-har-har! That's gotta be a personal landmark!
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Dave W.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
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Posted - 04/25/2009 : 21:51:16 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Check my edit.
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All the better. I was afraid Leonardo wasn't getting proper credit. And anyhow, we parodists are essentially parasites. At our best.
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
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Posted - 04/25/2009 : 21:59:54 [Permalink]
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| Wow! I was wondering where all that traffic for "The Supper" was coming from. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 04/26/2009 : 03:45:34 [Permalink]
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Excellent! Well done, 'mooner! I wonder how many are using it for a desktop background -- besides me, that is... 
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 04/26/2009 : 07:32:26 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
Excellent! Well done, 'mooner! I wonder how many are using it for a desktop background -- besides me, that is...
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Thanks, Fil!
Now me, my desktop might be considered by lesser minds to be a bit, well, egocentric. It's my own picture, except with Arnold Schwarzenegger's body. And Stephen Hawking's head.
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Crispian
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 05/10/2009 : 11:06:34 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Crispian
I just had the great idea of photoshoping the faces of my favourite skeptics onto Da Vinci's last supper, so I did a google image search to find a nice version of the last supper as a starting point. I clicked on a good candidate and bugger me someone had already done it. A fine job too, so I had to think up something else for my next blog post and came up with my Skeptic Tarot cards instead.
http://crispian-jago.blogspot.com/2009/05/skeptics-tarot-cards.html
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Welcome to SFN, Crispian! Thank you for the kind words.
What you've described is the kind of thing that's happened to me, too. One time I was going to do a parody image and story, but in researching it, I not only found that The Onion had already done it and done it better than I could, but I also realized I'd seen their version before. That was an eye-opener about confusing memory with an original idea.
Hey, why not Photoshop the heads of famous woo-woos into The Last supper?
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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Posted - 05/30/2009 : 22:49:14 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
Congrats on over 100,000 views Half. I suppose now any contest for the "most viewed thread" here will be worthless. |
This thread (started by Mooner, but not a Moonscape piece) has 189,410 views to date. And this thread has 141,081 views as of this writing. A check of the whole database says that "The Supper" is number three (4th place is "Hell, your final destination?" with less than 50,000 views).
"The Supper" wins "most views per day," without a doubt. Unfortunately, the top three most-viewed threads all got that way due to Google Image Search screw-ups.
The next-most-popular Moonscape News thread is "PZ's Playhouse," in 29th place with 7,239 views.
(By the way, our most-viewed article, "Fundamentalists Hate Noah's Ark," has 153,540 views so far, and not because of Google problems.)
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
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Posted - 05/31/2009 : 06:27:19 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
Congrats on over 100,000 views Half. I suppose now any contest for the "most viewed thread" here will be worthless.
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Thanks, Ricky.
Incredible. I've repeatedly but accidentally reaped the benefit from Google's peculiarities. Even when and if my posts arguably were good, it was accidental factors that got the huge hits. Now I need to learn how to do that purposely.
In stark contrast, Filthy's Noah's Ark article won its views honestly, simply by being some great writing.
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