X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,9f7b90963d1f2766 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-25 02:30:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!xmission!news-out.spamkiller.net!propagator2-maxim!propagator-maxim!news-in.spamkiller.net!news02.tsnz.net!not-for-mail From: snark^ Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Has anyone got a kiwi?? Message-ID: References: <_ljx8.12141$Ez5.3896858@typhoon.neo.rr.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 85 Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:26:38 +1200 NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.96.156.221 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tsnz.net X-Trace: news02.tsnz.net 1019727003 203.96.156.221 (Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:30:03 NZST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:30:03 NZST Organization: TelstraClear Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:16976 =>> The runes were cast, the portents thundered and then "Jill S" warbled on about "Re: Has anyone got a kiwi??" in alt.ascii-art <<= > I have something that might distantly resemble a Moa. Might. I used a > cartoonistic rendering of one of the birds... on top of that it's one of my > very first ASCIIs and all that. So, apologies ahead of time ;) Anyways: > > > _ > ,' `-.,_ > /'."',-' > |\/|()/-\ | '/ > ." ( > \ '\ > _,,--''''`--._ \ ;\ > ,'/':- '" :' `. ,: \ > ,' : ; , : , - :'v "| > /,.` ; . ; " /- ' \ - " | > .', |` , - ,. "; . . . > |: ` " - ' : /' " '- : ' ,' > |/ ; ` ' " - : , ',.--' > || / ' " : " , , ,.--' > ). '. , . , ,.--' > ,.,.,.,.,.--'\ > ` |, \ > [JS] ( ) / > / /,._ _ > /___,._>_> > > He definately needs some tweaking - legs, and the beak/head I just couldn't > get right. The neck looks a little funny too. Sorry, as I said, this is one > of my first. S'nice. There were various species of Moa, ranging from a mere 4ft tall to the massive 12ft monsters that were the biggest birds alive. Despite all evidence to the contrary they still exist too -- to prove it here's an ascci representation of a photo I took in Central Otago late 1995... ______________________________________ |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| |X ( ( ) ) \ \ X| |X .----() ) ( ( )) | |X| |X/ | ___( ) ) ( )(( ) ) | |X| |X \V.---( ) /"> ( ( \ )_\\__/ |X| |X // || ( `-.,---. `X| |X // || / \ X| |X\// || \X| |X | _____/| X| copywrote(k) snark^ international |X | /,, ,, / X| 1995 |X)| /, ,, ,| X| |X | \\|.,-' __ X| |X | |||| ( ^ X| |X | (| \\ ___ (;(~\X| |X | ||_ \\_ /"_ \ ("_( "X| |X \ (,),)(,),) / \_/ )( X| |X " "" " " " ^^ " "" X| |X "" " "" """ "" """ X| |XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX| Also in the pic a lesser spotted giant Kiwi, which must be nearly 2feet tall itself if the scale of the photo is to be trusted. Fun fact: from a purely ornithilogical POV the Kiwi is unique amongst the world's birdlife in that its nostrils are located at the end of the beak -- thus allowing it to sniff out the bugs, worms, and half-empty twinkie packets hidden under the dead leaf litter on the floor of NZ's temperate rainforests. So how's yer life and career going then? \ ___ ___ / _"\ /"_ \ \ / \ / \ / ^^ ^^ / Aw the film career's a bit slow; all the Hobbit parts in LOTR were taken -- but I do have yet another BBC wildlife show with David Attenborough coming up in a few weeks though. -- snark^ snark(at) #nzfortress on irc.gamesnet.net ICQ: 1471203 paradise(dot)net(dot)nz