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  1. Bolton's Boots

    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    Cheers yorkie.


    In 2019, something fell out of the sky in Australia and landed in someone’s back garden. DNA testing of it helped refute a theory on ‘death by sex’.

    Who or what was it that fell out of the sky and how did it refute the theory?
     
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  2. yorkshirehornet

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    was it some sort of meteorite?
     
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  3. Bolton's Boots

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    No - it was some sort of animal.
     
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  4. yorkshirehornet

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    Was it raining frogs?
     
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  5. Bolton's Boots

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    As far as I'm aware frogs don't have fur.
     
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  6. yorkshirehornet

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    something to do with bats?
     
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  7. Bolton's Boots

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    No - it's to do with an animal that can't fly. A canid to be precise.
     
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  8. Bolton's Boots

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    Said canid's name was Wandi.
     
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  9. colognehornet

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    Knowing that this is an Aussie question I'd say that it's probably a dingo - but I can't fill in any details. <doh> Assuming that these animals can't fly and they are probably too big to be swept up by a hurricane and dumped somewhere else - could it be that he was dropped out of some flying object ? Can't think of any connection to sex <laugh>
     
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  10. yorkshirehornet

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    Back in 2019, an incredibly cute dingo pup was found hiding and crying in the garden of a backyard in north-eastern Victoria.

    Marks on the pup's body suggested he'd been dropped from the clutches of an eagle flying overhead.

    The pup, named "Wandi", became an Instagram sensation and DNA tests reported he was pure dingo.

    Soon after his crash-landing, Wandi took up residence at the Dingo Discovery Centre north-west of Melbourne, run by Lyn Watson of the Australian Dingo Foundation.

    Ms Watson said she was so excited at the time because there'd been a widespread belief pure dingoes were going extinct in south-eastern Australia as they interbred with other canids (members of the dog family).
     
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  11. Bolton's Boots

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    That's it - the interbreeding with other dogs was nicknamed 'death by sex'.

    Over to you.
     
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  12. yorkshirehornet

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    ah got it.... good one...

    Who was the first person to land something just now.... and in what way?
     
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  13. yorkshirehornet

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    Not Foxtrot but......
     
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  14. yorkshirehornet

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    a bit of a drama
     
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  16. Bolton's Boots

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    I managed to get that far, but unfortunately no further. Is that, along with the 'drama' bit, anything to do with plans for the return of a popular TV police show?
     
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  17. yorkshirehornet

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    No..
    Oscars...
    And land is part of the answer
     
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  18. Hornet-Fez

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    The big Woody statue at Hollywood... technically Hollywoodland but the sign fell down?
     
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  19. yorkshirehornet

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    no....

    this is a cyrptic clue about an award...
     
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    phew! :emoticon-0141-whew:
     
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