09 Mar 2011, 9:13 am
a little piece of quite interesting 'pie' for Kaybee, hoping she too will share 
Foxes belong to the Canidae family. There are 37 species which are are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 types actually belong to the Vulpes genus of 'true foxes'.
09 Mar 2011, 9:27 am
Mdyar wrote:
http://www.railway-technical.com/whlbog.shtml
For a little clarity on the first post.
For a little clarity on the first post.
i think i still don't fully understand, but don't let that dissuade you from posting here. anything that anyone finds interesting is welcomed.
09 Mar 2011, 9:32 am
Fudo wrote:
a little piece of quite interesting 'pie' for Kaybee, hoping she too will share
Foxes belong to the Canidae family. There are 37 species which are are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 types actually belong to the Vulpes genus of 'true foxes'.
Foxes belong to the Canidae family. There are 37 species which are are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 types actually belong to the Vulpes genus of 'true foxes'.
^_^ Thank you.
In Japanese, the word for fox is "kitsune." This refers to both the animal and the mythological fox spirit. One story for the etymology of the word "kitsune" is the tale of a 6th Century man named Ono. He longed for a wife, and one day met a beautiful young woman. He married her and they had a child. At the same time that the woman gave birth to their son, Ono's dog gave birth to a puppy. This puppy was very aggressive toward the lady. Terrified of the dog, she begged her husband to kill it, but he would not. One day when she was outside, the dog attacked her. In sudden fright, she turned into her true form, that of a fox, and fled. Ono called after her that, though she was a fox, he loved her, and begged her to return to sleep with him each night. So she did, returning every night in human form to sleep beside her husband, only to leave again in the morning.
In classical Japanese, "kitsu" means "come" and "ne" means "sleep," so "kitsune" means "come and sleep." Alternatively, "ki" means "come" and "tsune" means "always," so "kitsune" means "always comes." So the kitsune is the being who always comes and sleeps.
Perhaps not in line with the rest of this fact-based thread, but it is what came to mind. I hope it entertained.
09 Mar 2011, 9:46 am
Kaybee wrote:
Fudo wrote:
a little piece of quite interesting 'pie' for Kaybee, hoping she too will share
Foxes belong to the Canidae family. There are 37 species which are are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 types actually belong to the Vulpes genus of 'true foxes'.
Foxes belong to the Canidae family. There are 37 species which are are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 types actually belong to the Vulpes genus of 'true foxes'.
^_^ Thank you.
In Japanese, the word for fox is "kitsune." This refers to both the animal and the mythological fox spirit. One story for the etymology of the word "kitsune" is the tale of a 6th Century man named Ono. He longed for a wife, and one day met a beautiful young woman. He married her and they had a child. At the same time that the woman gave birth to their son, Ono's dog gave birth to a puppy. This puppy was very aggressive toward the lady. Terrified of the dog, she begged her husband to kill it, but he would not. One day when she was outside, the dog attacked her. In sudden fright, she turned into her true form, that of a fox, and fled. Ono called after her that, though she was a fox, he loved her, and begged her to return to sleep with him each night. So she did, returning every night in human form to sleep beside her husband, only to leave again in the morning.
In classical Japanese, "kitsu" means "come" and "ne" means "sleep," so "kitsune" means "come and sleep." Alternatively, "ki" means "come" and "tsune" means "always," so "kitsune" means "always comes." So the kitsune is the being who always comes and sleeps.
Perhaps not in line with the rest of this fact-based thread, but it is what came to mind. I hope it entertained.
that was great, was definitely interesting to me. thanks
there are no real rules to this thread as such, inspired by the QI TV show which has many bizarre tangents as well as facts & trivia.
i get the feeling people are hesitant to post here, maybe they just despise fudo, but i hope they're not worried about what's appropriate for this thread or if it's 'interesting enough' etc. thanks again Kaybee, i knew you had something 'up your sleeve', so to speak.
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09 Mar 2011, 9:47 am
Polar bears are so well insulated they are almost invisible to infrared cameras.
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09 Mar 2011, 9:53 am
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Polar bears are so well insulated they are almost invisible to infrared cameras.
cool
'like a ninja?' 
apparently the best way to avoid being eaten by a polar bear is to undress, as it will stop to smell your clothes.. i've not heard of this technique actually working in practice though. exposure or polar bear dinner?
tough choice.
09 Mar 2011, 9:56 am
I'm glad you found my random bit of folklore interesting.
09 Mar 2011, 10:02 am
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I'm glad you found my random bit of folklore interesting.
i'm glad that you're glad. anything japanese interests fudo. & it featured etymology. 'keep it coming'
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09 Mar 2011, 10:04 am
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rabbitears wrote:
Polar bears are so well insulated they are almost invisible to infrared cameras.
cool
'like a ninja?' apparently the best way to avoid being eaten by a polar bear is to undress, as it will stop to smell your clothes.. i've not heard of this technique actually working in practice though. exposure or polar bear dinner?
tough choice.I would rather risk the slight chance a polar bear might feel peckish than certain excrutiating death from hypothermia and exposure, that's just me though. Some people might find frostbite to the testes quite an adrenaline rush. Who knows?
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09 Mar 2011, 10:13 am
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Fudo wrote:
a little piece of quite interesting 'pie' for Kaybee, hoping she too will share
Foxes belong to the Canidae family. There are 37 species which are are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 types actually belong to the Vulpes genus of 'true foxes'.
Foxes belong to the Canidae family. There are 37 species which are are referred to as foxes, of which only 12 types actually belong to the Vulpes genus of 'true foxes'.
^_^ Thank you.
In Japanese, the word for fox is "kitsune." This refers to both the animal and the mythological fox spirit. One story for the etymology of the word "kitsune" is the tale of a 6th Century man named Ono. He longed for a wife, and one day met a beautiful young woman. He married her and they had a child. At the same time that the woman gave birth to their son, Ono's dog gave birth to a puppy. This puppy was very aggressive toward the lady. Terrified of the dog, she begged her husband to kill it, but he would not. One day when she was outside, the dog attacked her. In sudden fright, she turned into her true form, that of a fox, and fled. Ono called after her that, though she was a fox, he loved her, and begged her to return to sleep with him each night. So she did, returning every night in human form to sleep beside her husband, only to leave again in the morning.
In classical Japanese, "kitsu" means "come" and "ne" means "sleep," so "kitsune" means "come and sleep." Alternatively, "ki" means "come" and "tsune" means "always," so "kitsune" means "always comes." So the kitsune is the being who always comes and sleeps.
Perhaps not in line with the rest of this fact-based thread, but it is what came to mind. I hope it entertained.
found some quite interesting things on wiki, regarding fox spirits.
Huli jing in Chinese mythology are fox spirits that are akin to European fairies. Huli jing can be either good spirits or bad spirits.
In modern Mandarin and Cantonese profanity, the term huli jingis a derogatory expression describing a woman who seduces a married or otherwise romantically-involved man (i.e., a "home wrecker").
The kumiho(literally "nine tailed fox") is a creature that appears in the oral tales and legends of Korea, and are akin to European faeries. According to those tales, a fox that lives a thousand years turns into a kumiho, like its Japanese and Chinese counterparts (the kitsune and the huli jing).It can freely transform, among other things, into a beautiful girl often set out to seduce men, and eat their liver. There are numerous tales in which the kumiho appears. Several of those can be found in the encyclopedic Compendium of Korean Oral Literature.
09 Mar 2011, 10:18 am
rabbitears wrote:
Fudo wrote:
rabbitears wrote:
Polar bears are so well insulated they are almost invisible to infrared cameras.
cool
'like a ninja?' apparently the best way to avoid being eaten by a polar bear is to undress, as it will stop to smell your clothes.. i've not heard of this technique actually working in practice though. exposure or polar bear dinner?
tough choice.I would rather risk the slight chance a polar bear might feel peckish than certain excrutiating death from hypothermia and exposure, that's just me though. Some people might find frostbite to the testes quite an adrenaline rush. Who knows?
lol either choice seems risky, no idea what i'd do..
apparently people near-death from hypothermia will sometimes feel suddenly hot & feel a desire to remove their clothes, although as far as i know, nobody has ever done this and survived long enough to explain why.
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09 Mar 2011, 10:19 am
In 1994, an American named Jerdone Coleman-McGhee, achieved a skipping stone record of 38 skips from a bridge on the River Blanco in Texas.
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09 Mar 2011, 10:25 am
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Some people might find frostbite to the testes quite an adrenaline rush.
It's one way of learning to sing soprano, I guess, but there's still the risk of the bear being an unappreciative audience of one - and don't some bears eat nuts?
09 Mar 2011, 10:26 am
38 puts fudo's efforts to shame. :/ nvm
think it's known as skimming over here.
09 Mar 2011, 10:28 am
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rabbitears wrote:
Some people might find frostbite to the testes quite an adrenaline rush.
It's one way of learning to sing soprano, I guess, but there's still the risk of the bear being an unappreciative audience of one - and don't some bears eat nuts? all this talk of testicular pain.. enough to make me wince lol
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09 Mar 2011, 10:29 am
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38 puts fudo's efforts to shame. :/ nvm
think it's known as skimming over here.
think it's known as skimming over here.
I just got it from a book. The book's American.
Whereabouts in the South East are you?
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