Chester Zoo Game

lowland anoa said:
Black-crowned fruit dove as they are slender as the word fruit is in their name.
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I'm presuming you mean black-naped? since black crowned doesn't exist.

Slender isn't the first word that comes to mind for any of the fruit doves, really. :p

so no, not a fruit dove of any sort.
 
lowland anoa said:
they are slender as the word fruit is in their name.
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Your logical chain is missing a few links, methinks :p

I'm thinking that by "fruit", the intended meaning is "offspring" - as such maybe we should be thinking of taxa with strangely shaped young. I'm a bit stuck for *what* so I will go for the strangest-shaped taxon which can be described as slender - the Big-bellied Seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Your logical chain is missing a few links, methinks :p

I'm thinking that by "fruit", the intended meaning is "offspring" - as such maybe we should be thinking of taxa with strangely shaped young. I'm a bit stuck for *what* so I will go for the strangest-shaped taxon which can be described as slender - the Big-bellied Seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)
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You're thinking along the right lines TLD, but not correct.
 
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I don't think this is right, but it fills the bill.
Much slenderer than H. abdominalis, which really is pot-bellied, is its relation the giant freshwater pipefish, Doryichthys boaja.
Having bred a related species (afaik, pipefish taxonomy was not well developed when I last looked), I can say that the young fish was much the same shape as its parents, except for being rather nobblier, and it swam at a funny angle, rather like an animated backslash which can only be called strange. Has anyone seen a baby boaja?

Alan
 
gentle lemur said:
I don't think this is right, but it fills the bill.
Much slenderer than H. abdominalis, which really is pot-bellied, is its relation the giant freshwater pipefish, Doryichthys boaja.
Having bred a related species (afaik, pipefish taxonomy was not well developed when I last looked), I can say that the young fish was much the same shape as its parents, except for being rather nobblier, and it swam at a funny angle, rather like an animated backslash which can only be called strange. Has anyone seen a baby boaja?

Alan
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Can't help you on the baby pipefish, but your answer is incorrect, sorry.
Here's an additional clue:
The 'fruit' is white in colour and found only on land.
 
Nope, neither of those guesses is correct.
this species is green in colour and has a crest.
 
I come from an ancient family, and my generic name and my species name are very different words with the same meaning.
 
lowland anoa said:
Tim May it's your turn. Take time to think of a riddle.
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OK then; adhering to the theme of scientific names:-

The specific name of this Chester Zoo animal was bestowed in honour of the Duke of Edinburgh (i.e. the Duke of Edinburgh at the time the species was scientifically described).
 
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