Inaccessible Island Rail (1 Viewer)

[satyachil]

Of all places i read this on Gizmodo.

https://gizmodo.com/how-a-tiny-flig...site&utm_source=gizmodo_copy&utm_campaign=top

 

[Hauksen]

Hi,

Of all places i read this on Gizmodo.

Thanks for the article, quite interesting!

I thought it was a recurring pattern that birds on islands with no predators lose their ability to fly over the course of evolution, so the journalistic "wrapper" around the ornithological content is a bit odd in my opinion.

And looking at the beautiful picture of the cliffs rising steeply out of the sea, I suspect the island's name was really not chosen for its remote location, but rather because of the difficulty of getting ashore

Regards,

Henning

 

[Sangahyando]

And looking at the beautiful picture of the cliffs rising steeply out of the sea, I suspect the island's name was really not chosen for its remote location, but rather because of the difficulty of getting ashore

Regards,

Henning

Having recently looked at the island on Google Earth, I tend to agree.

 

[Absolute_beginner]

In French we have this phrase : " The function creates the organ"... it looks like the absence of function causes its loss !!

 

[Andy Adcock]

In French we have this phrase : " The function creates the organ"... it looks like the absence of function causes its loss !!

'Use it or lose it' in English.......

 

[Tiraya]

Great article. This was one of the birds that started my interest in birding. Just the idea of something being so restricted to an obscure offshore island caught my attention I guess. Still hoping that one day I can go and see one!

 

[Absolute_beginner]

'Use it or lose it' in English.......

That's it !!

 

[Earnest lad]

Let's not forget - Evolution is still just a theory.

Please can anyone advise: is it possible to visit Inaccessible Island and if so how would one get there?

 

[MJB]

Let's not forget - Evolution is still just a theory.

Please can anyone advise: is it possible to visit Inaccessible Island and if so how would one get there?

I'll take the bait. What's your justification of 'just', this merry Christmas Day...?
MJB

 

[Sangahyando]

Let's not forget - Evolution is still just a theory.

I've yet to come across a better explanation than evolution. All of the others I've seen were from people who had no inkling of biology.

 

[Tiraya]

Let's not forget - Evolution is still just a theory.

Please can anyone advise: is it possible to visit Inaccessible Island and if so how would one get there?

Wikipedia says: "Tristan da Cunha itself is accessible only by sea via a seven-day sail from Cape Town, South Africa, by landing during the 60 days of the year that the harbor allows for access to the island."

I'm not sure if a private charter is necessary.

 

[Earnest lad]

Dear birding colleagues
Thank you for your kind inputs re: viewpoints on the origin of life etc. Also in regard to getting to Inaccessible Island: I guess the Inaccessible Island Rail is most likely not going to be ticked by myself at least, until, God willing, I come back in the Resurrection!

 

[lewis20126]

Also gettable occasionally on Atlantic Odyssey repositioning voyages.
Cheers
Alan

 

[Frenchy]

Let's not forget - Evolution is still just a theory.

So is gravity. What's your point?

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/darwin/evolution-today/what-is-a-theory

 

[Nutcracker]

Why don't they operate a rail system to get there?



All you'd need do then is travel with Inaccessible Island Rail services :t:

 

[Goyter]

Also known as Northern Rail.....

 

[Earnest lad]

After I've been to see the Inaccessible Island Rail I will go and have a look at the Lord Howe Island rail.

 

[Sangahyando]

So is gravity. What's your point?

Seems like he's just trolling.