Trivia Question of the Day

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

Dr Findlay's Casebook?

[Wodrick]

I'll go along with that *TS*

[Karearea]

Dr Findlay's Casebook?

Aye, it was indeed the theme music for the original Dr Finlay's Casebook series.

Little Suite (March) ~ Trevor Duncan [3:00]

What a pity that so many of the episodes have been lost.

Dr. Finlay's Casebook - Wikipedia

Over to you, Mrs Ex-A.

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

Elephants can communicate through vibrations in the ground felt by the soles of their feet.

So, when an elly stamps their foot, how far can the vibrations travel through the ground?

In other words how long can their long distance chats be?

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

Elephants can communicate through vibrations in the ground felt by the soles of their feet.

So, when an elly stamps their foot, how far can the vibrations travel through the ground?

In other words how long can their long distance chats be?

Anyone prepared to hazard a guess

[Hydromet]

Elephants can communicate through vibrations in the ground felt by the soles of their feet.

So, when an elly stamps their foot, how far can the vibrations travel through the ground?

In other words how long can their long distance chats be?

Anyone prepared to hazard a guess

Would it be a trunk call?

(Someone had to ask.)

[Wodrick]

Going to be something astonishing - 5km ?

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

Going to be something astonishing - 5km ?

Astonishing yes, and miles more!

[Wodrick]

I've seen two figures doing research, the common one is 2.2 km and the other is 10 km but that is only in a couple of places.

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

According to my research the vibrations can travel a lot further than 10 kms; if no one else comes up with a closer guess by tomorrow pm my time I will give the baton to Wodders.

[PHXPhlyer]

Elephants can communicate through vibrations in the ground felt by the soles of their feet.

So, when an elly stamps their foot, how far can the vibrations travel through the ground?

In other words how long can their long distance chats be?

Tap dancing ellies!
Morse code or their own secret code?
Any relation to Jimmy Buffett's Coconut Telegraph?

PP

[G-CPTN]

It's fascinating to contemplate what information animals derive from 'communication' of others - from dog pee on lamp-posts and trees to rumblings by elephants.

Do birds 'understand' the twitterings of other birds?

Woodpigeons, for example always repeat the (apparently) identical phrase - but does it vary in some way?

[Hydromet]

Our Australian eastern whip birds have a distinctive call that, when there's a pair of them, sounds like a single call, but is in fact, is the male, quickly followed by the female. Scientific theory seems to be that it's basically "I'm over here." "Gotcha", but who really knows.
One of the magpies in our area has added the sounds of someone whistling a dog, a small dog barking and "hello" to his repertoire. One of this year's chicks is learning to warble, and has included these sounds in his song. I wonder what these sounds mean to the birds - do they associate them with handouts of food, do they think they will make them more attractive to a mate or are they a territorial call? Wish I knew.

[jimtherev]

Back when the phones were beginning to make their first, immature, electronic warbling, we had a magpie who "learnt the tune"

The number of times I dashed in from the garden to answer the phone!!!

not making any connections, you understand, but the phenomenon ended quite soon after No 1 son's birthday and grandad's present of an air rifle.

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

Wodders gets the baton for the next challenge.

According to this link the Elly stomp can be felt from up to 20 miles away: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/anima ... tances.htm

[Wodrick]

Thank You,

Emetophobia is the fear of ?

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

With my nursie hat on I would guess it is a fear of vomiting.

[Wodrick]

Being Nursey is cheating

Back to you of course.

[Mrs Ex-Ascot]

What was the first Boeing aircraft built and in which year?

Bonus point for how many came off the production line.

[John Hill]

Extra extra bonus point for where did it end up?