Pangolins

From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)30 Oct 2019 00:52
To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 13 of 24
Books are underrated, these days. Go with the books.
From: graphitone30 Oct 2019 10:32
To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 14 of 24
You tried the library?
From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)18 Nov 2019 15:08
To: ALL15 of 24
Wolfram thinks this is a Lycopodium obscurum.
Google says Juniper tree.

If I could tell them it was found in Pembrokeshire woodland they'd know those answers were wrong.

But I can't, so I'm back to guessing unknown attributes and scrolling through an endless haze of mature pink flowers trying to figure out if any of them match what this bastard thing might become.

:@

From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)18 Nov 2019 15:18
To: ALL16 of 24
"This" being a photo that refuses to attach, which probably means there's something wrong with thumbnail generation.
Attachments:
From: ANT_THOMAS18 Nov 2019 17:15
To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 17 of 24
Holcus lanatus
From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)18 Nov 2019 18:37
To: ANT_THOMAS 18 of 24
Commonly known as Yorkshire fog, (plus a bunch of other names). It certainly looks like that, and is supported by Wikipedia's assertion of "Holcus lanatus in its natural habitat is a food source for butterflies such as the speckled wood..." - because that's what the flying caterpillar sitting on it is.

Thanks. :)

From: ANT_THOMAS18 Nov 2019 18:47
To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 19 of 24
I used the "Picture This" app for that.
It only gives a few free searches though.
From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)18 Nov 2019 19:12
To: ANT_THOMAS 20 of 24
And appears to work with a browser except the upload icon just prompts to install the mobile app. :@
From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)19 Mar 2020 15:27
To: ALL21 of 24
So, got a picture of a bird at a place that had an list of names on a board - which, excluding the ones I knew, means it's almost certainly one of seven.

Wolfram's Image thing said wheatear, which is a candidate and a regular image search for wheatear agrees (and matches closer than any of the other six, despite mostly all being chats), as does Wikipedia.

Hooray for simple victories! (dance)

Fun fact: wheatears are not named after cereal grain, but a corruption of the descriptive term: white arse.

From: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)20 Mar 2020 01:02
To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) 22 of 24
Exactly how far ahead of the Coronvirus curve are you, Peter? Does your favourite pizza topping cure it?
From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)20 Mar 2020 13:30
To: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) 23 of 24
The photo was taken three and a half years ago.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)20 Mar 2020 14:47
To: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) 24 of 24
Pangolin meat? Doubtful.