RSQ - The Portsmouth Connection

[Ironside]

At 7.45 I was sat waiting for this and have just remembered what I was waiting for. How are we only on q3

I'll be getting my bus pass before this reveal is over.

its ok laxie already has hers

[kinboshi]

At 7.45 I was sat waiting for this and have just remembered what I was waiting for. How are we only on q3

I'll be getting my bus pass before this reveal is over.

its ok laxie already has hers

I'm worried about Laxie.

[MintTrav]

Q4 Animal or Plant that can live for 100 years.

This'll be fun. My definition of "can live for 100 years" is that there has been at least one known example of it happening, thereby showing that it is possible.

Giant Redwood   2
ruud   
dwh103   

Oak tree   2
Laxie   
AdamM   
   
Tortoise   2
taximan007   
technolog   
   
Walnut Tree   1
moonandback   
   
Humans   1
Ironside   
   
Sea Turtle   1
claypole   
   
Whale    1
stribling   
   
Yew Tree   1
Sweetman   
   
Incorrect   7

Immortal Jellyfish   Tal
Giant Squid   rfgqqabc
Koi Carp   kinboshi
Koi Carp   smashedagain
Tree   sharplea
Moss   skippy

[kinboshi]

Q4 Animal or Plant that can live for 100 years.

This'll be fun. My definition of "can live for 100 years" is that there has been at least one known example of it happening, thereby showing that it is possible.

Giant Redwood   2
ruud   
dwh103   

Oak tree   2
Laxie   
AdamM   
   
Tortoise   2
taximan007   
technolog   
   
Walnut Tree   1
moonandback   
   
Humans   1
Ironside   
   
Sea Turtle   1
claypole   
   
Whale    1
stribling   
   
Yew Tree   1
Sweetman   
   
Incorrect   7

Immortal Jellyfish   Tal
Giant Squid   rfgqqabc
Koi Carp   kinboshi
Koi Carp   smashedagain
Tree   sharplea
Moss   skippy

How many examples of koi carp living over 100 years do you need?

[MintTrav]

1

[Tal]

Immortal Jellyfish!!!

It regenerates, so has no natural death.

[Laxie]

At 7.45 I was sat waiting for this and have just remembered what I was waiting for. How are we only on q3

I'll be getting my bus pass before this reveal is over.

its ok laxie already has hers

I'm worried about Laxie.

It's nearly time for my cheque from the Queen

[kinboshi]

"The age of a fish is calculated in much the same way as one works out the age of a tree by counting its rings; most fish have growth rings on their scales known as annuli. This technique was used to estimate the age of Hanako, meaning "flower maid", the world's oldest koi carp, who died in 1977 at the age of 226 years."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/apr/12/animalwelfare.world

Last time I looked, 226 > 100

[Ironside]

can we get running scores please?

humans is an ace perfect

[MintTrav]

Immortal Jellyfish!!!

It regenerates, so has no natural death.

Nothing lives forever. Different types of jellyfish live from a few hours to a few months. The immortal jellyfish reverts to a polyp stage and then reforms as a new jellyfish. In theory, this could go on indefinitely. However, I have rejected it as living to 100 years because:

a) If it is reformed, can it actually be said to be the same creature?

b) the process has only been observed in laboratories; never in the wild so far.

c) No single specimen has been observed for any extended period, so it is not currently possible to estimate the age of an individual, and so even if this species has the potential for immortality, there is no laboratory evidence of many generations surviving from any individual.

d) Even if it has the potential, most potential jellyfish succumb to predation or disease in the plankton stage. An individual would have to pass through this process many hundreds of times to achieve 100 years.

e) Most importantly, there is no example that is known, or even thought, to have lived 100 years.

[smashedagain]

"The age of a fish is calculated in much the same way as one works out the age of a tree by counting its rings; most fish have growth rings on their scales known as annuli. This technique was used to estimate the age of Hanako, meaning "flower maid", the world's oldest koi carp, who died in 1977 at the age of 226 years."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/apr/12/animalwelfare.world

Last time I looked, 226 > 100

did you google this?
My mate has a koi farm and they have 2 at 75 +

[kinboshi]

http://www.sanangelopondsociety.com/freqaskedques.htm

[Laxie]

I dunno about giving Iron an ace there.  You said plant or animal.  I know some humans could be classed as, but does that make it right?

[kinboshi]

"The age of a fish is calculated in much the same way as one works out the age of a tree by counting its rings; most fish have growth rings on their scales known as annuli. This technique was used to estimate the age of Hanako, meaning "flower maid", the world's oldest koi carp, who died in 1977 at the age of 226 years."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/apr/12/animalwelfare.world

Last time I looked, 226 > 100

did you google this?
My mate has a koi farm and they have 2 at 75 +

Have heard of plenty of Koi living over 100 years in Japan - saw a few of them in the flesh.  Just googled this one now, didn't realise the record was over 200 years old though.

[kinboshi]

I dunno about giving Iron an ace there.  You said plant or animal.  I know some humans could be classed as, but does that make it right?

Humans are animals ffs.  We're primates, and like apes we're animals.  How many times do we have to cover this ffs.

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/search/imagedetail.php?id=276&topic_id=&keywords=