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Same Consonants, Different Animals
If you fill in the vowels into the following letters, including the letter Y as a vowel, you get an animal, and if you fill in other vowels you get another animal. Some of the words are gender-specific.
For example: MS makes a big animal and with other vowels it turns into a small one - MOOSE and MOUSE.
CRB: sea animal and mammal
HND: two mammals
X: mammal and bird
M: three birds and an insect
ML: two mammals and a bird
CLT: young animal and cat
HN: mammal and bird
FL: two insects and a mammal
CT: mammal and bird
SLN: mammal (two words) and fish
B: insect and reptile
For example: MS makes a big animal and with other vowels it turns into a small one - MOOSE and MOUSE.
CRB: sea animal and mammal
HND: two mammals
X: mammal and bird
M: three birds and an insect
ML: two mammals and a bird
CLT: young animal and cat
HN: mammal and bird
FL: two insects and a mammal
CT: mammal and bird
SLN: mammal (two words) and fish
B: insect and reptile
Answer
CRB: CRAB and CARIBOUHND: HOUND and HIND (female red deer)
X: OX and AIX (wood duck - aix sponsa)
M: MOA, EMU, MAA and MAIA (a moth)
ML: MOLE, MULE and MALEO (a moundbird)
CLT: COLT and OCELOT
HN: HYENA and HEN
FL: FLY, FLEA, FOAL
CT: CAT and COOT
SLN: SEA LION and SELENE
B: BEE and BOA
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Good idea but some of those animals are a bit esoteric.
That's right, Jimbo. But I think it's better than animals like 'Brachyuropskkyodermatogammarus grievlinggwmnemnotus'- a Russian amphipod species which has the distinction of having the longest scientific name. Or like the 'blue whale' who makes a noise louder than a rocket launch (up to 188 decibels). *lol* - Nice weekend!
good but hard
u really did ur research, gerd
Hi xiaobaby! About 30 years ago on a german iq-test I got a question where you had to find out words from sets of letters. One answer was the word 'Tiefschlaefer' (deep sleeping person) and I got 'Schiefertafel' (slate). Since that moment it is lots of fun for me to solve language-puzzles. I think the English language is much more better to do so, but sadly my skills are not as good as I would like that they are.-I wish you a nice day.
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