XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.puzzles   
   From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl   
      
   Hibou  wrote:   
      
   > Le 23/07/2025 à 08:42, J. J. Lodder a écrit :   
   > > HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> Duck Landing on a Lake   
   > >> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/v   
   d/avc1/720x722/   
   FHO   
   > > dcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4   
   > >   
   > > This belly landing is not the way the ducks (and swans) I see do it.   
   > > The ones I see water ski on their feet until all speed is lost,   
   > > then they sink nearly straight down.   
   > > I guess this is some other kind of bird,   
   >   
   > Apparently it depends on the species of duck. Some think they're flying   
   > boats, others that they're seaplanes.   
      
   On usage: In my English they are all seaplanes,   
   to be divided in floatplanes and flying boats.   
      
   Floatplanes are typically smaller, while flying boats can be huge,   
   up to Spruce Goose size.   
   AFAIK the flying boats have gone almost completely extinct,   
   (some dinosaurs from WWII excepted)   
   while small floatplanes still florish in special habitats,   
   like the Caraibean, or Alaska,   
      
   Jan   
      
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