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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #540 on: October 30, 2009, 07:07:54 PM »
Inner core of a golf ball?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #541 on: October 30, 2009, 07:37:12 PM »
I'd say Anthony's was a hair ball coughed up by a cat and Rogan's is 'onion' weathering in an Olivine rich rock, if I remember my Geology correctly!
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #542 on: October 30, 2009, 09:45:21 PM »
Definitely natural. Maggi will tell you. ;D
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #543 on: October 30, 2009, 09:48:29 PM »
Quote from: Anthony Darby on October 30, 2009, 09:45:21 PM
Definitely natural. Maggi will tell you. ;D
Of course I'm perfectly natural, Anthony.... why would anyone want to FAKE my look? :o ;D

I'm  saying no more...only that 'tis a super puzzle  8)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #544 on: October 30, 2009, 10:22:11 PM »
If Maggi doesn't, I'll reveal all tomorrow. ;D
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #545 on: October 30, 2009, 10:31:20 PM »
Is it a gall or growth from a tree?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #546 on: October 30, 2009, 10:34:38 PM »
Rogan,
I'm not very familiar with SA bulbs.
Is it a basal plate of a dormant bulb/corm?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #547 on: October 30, 2009, 11:33:07 PM »
Life's a beach! ::)
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #548 on: October 30, 2009, 11:41:40 PM »
Quote from: Anthony Darby on October 30, 2009, 11:33:07 PM
Life's a beach! ::)

Anthony, I've seen those floating in the water off beaches in the Balearics. Someone told me what they are but I've forgotted. Some kind of seed container?
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #549 on: October 31, 2009, 08:11:54 AM »
Quote from: Anthony Darby on October 30, 2009, 11:33:07 PM
Life's a beach! ::)
In that case: Posidonia oceanica
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #550 on: October 31, 2009, 08:32:13 AM »
Oh, so it's a sort of loofah only rotunda  ???  ::)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #551 on: October 31, 2009, 09:53:00 AM »
The God of the sea is a clue from me, but this will put you out of your misery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posidonia_oceanica
« Last Edit: October 31, 2009, 10:00:16 AM by Anthony Darby »
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #552 on: October 31, 2009, 10:33:25 AM »
Thank goodness - so after restless nights and puzzling days Luit was the wise one who gave us the answer  :P

Wicked puzzle Anthony  ;)
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #553 on: October 31, 2009, 11:26:49 AM »
Quote from: Ragged Robin on October 31, 2009, 10:33:25 AM
Thank goodness - so after restless nights and puzzling days Luit was the wise one who gave us the answer  :P

Wicked puzzle Anthony  ;)

Yes, well done to Luit. ;D
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Re: Puzzles
« Reply #554 on: October 31, 2009, 12:00:08 PM »
Quote from: Anthony Darby on October 31, 2009, 09:53:00 AM
The God of the sea is a clue from me, but this will put you out of your misery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posidonia_oceanica

 Interesting fact from the link Anthony gives is that the ball of fibre is called an "egagropili" ... isn't that a wonderful word?


I found this statement from the wiki page puzzling.....
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This species is found only in the Mediterranean Sea, occupying an area about 3% of the basin (corresponding to a surface area of about 38,000 km˛), representing a kind of key marine coastal ecosystem.

A sign of a nearby occurrence of Posidonia is the presence of masses of decomposing leaves on beaches. Such plant material has been used for composting, but this is currently prohibited by Italian laws that restrict the use of marine algae and plants for this purpose.

Does anyone know why the authorities have placed this ban on composting this material?  ???
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