Blistering Barnacles: An A-Z of The Rants, Rambles and Rages of Captain Haddock: Celebrating 80 years of Hergé’s beloved comic character from Tintin: ... Illustrated Mystery Adventure Series

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In an interview from 1983, Hergé attempted to distance himself from the criticism, explaining: “The fact is that while I was growing up, I was being fed the prejudices of the bourgeois society that surrounded me. It’s true that Soviets and Congo were youthful sins. I’m not rejecting them. However, if I were to do it again, they would be different.” Where to next? Barnacles are encrusters, attaching themselves temporarily to a hard substrate or a symbiont such as a whale ( whale barnacles), a sea snake ( Platylepas ophiophila), or another crustacean, like a crab or a lobster ( Rhizocephala). The most common among them, "acorn barnacles" ( Sessilia), are sessile where they grow their shells directly onto the substrate. [3] Pedunculate barnacles ( goose barnacles and others) attach themselves by means of a stalk. [3] Attachment [ edit ]

Barnacles were originally classified by Linnaeus and Cuvier as Mollusca, but in 1830 John Vaughan Thompson published observations showing the metamorphosis of the nauplius and cypris larvae into adult barnacles, and noted how these larvae were similar to those of crustaceans. In 1834 Hermann Burmeister published further information, reinterpreting these findings. The effect was to move barnacles from the phylum of Mollusca to Articulata, showing naturalists that detailed study was needed to reevaluate their taxonomy. [33] Ballast is needed to stabilise ships, even very big ones, in rough weather. Depending on what cargo they carry, vessels typically pump millions of gallons of water into huge tanks before starting a voyage, and then discharge it when they reach their destination. As they pump in water, they also grab whatever sea life happens to be around. When they pump it out again, many of these creatures are still very much alive – and sometimes very unwelcome in the new surroundings. So imbued with current affairs were Hergé’s storylines, says Farr, that the day after he died, the French newspaper Libération was able to illustrate every single news story with a Tintin frame. “The Blue Lotus anticipates Pearl Harbour,” he says. “Tintin was on the moon 16 years before Armstrong. And I’m sure that, if and when the yeti is finally found, it will be just like Hergé drew it in Tintin in Tibet.”

Lochranza Castle is situated on a peninsula extending into beautiful Loch Ranza in the north of Arran. Charles Darwin took up this challenge in 1846, and developed his initial interest into a major study published as a series of monographs in 1851 and 1854. [33] Darwin undertook this study, at the suggestion of his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker, to thoroughly understand at least one species before making the generalisations needed for his theory of evolution by natural selection. [34] [35] Upon the conclusion of his research, Darwin declared "I hate a barnacle as no man ever did before." [36] [35] a b "Cirripedia". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute . Retrieved 22 August 2021.

In Spain and Portugal, the Goose barnacle is considered a great delicacy. Prices can reach up to 200 Euros per kilo for this Galician crustacean. Apparently, they taste better than they look! Ironically, the new edition of the book was published in the same year – 1966 – that the modern Loch Lomond distillery became operational in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire. As far as Hergé was concerned, however, ‘Loch Lomond’ remained wholly made-up.Typical acorn barnacles develop six hard calcareous plates to surround and protect their bodies. For the rest of their lives, they are cemented to the substrate, using their feathery legs (cirri) to capture plankton. This photo, from The Scotsman archive on Scran, shows a policeman demonstrating road safety skills in 1958. Xu, Zhenzhen; Liu, Zhongcheng; Zhang, Chao; Xu, Donggang (October 2022). "Advance in barnacle cement with high underwater adhesion". Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 139 (37): 1–12. doi: 10.1002/app.52894. S2CID 251335952. Darwin, C. R. (1854). The Balanidæ, (or sessile cirripedes); the Verrucidæ, etc. A monograph of the sub-class Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. Vol.2. London: Ray Society.

I must admit that I am never wrong, but the microphone is an invention that is of no interest to me.” all the evidence shows that the name was originally applied to the bird which had the marvellous origin, not to the shell..." Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1989 However, in a later edition of 1966, when Hergé’s English publisher Methuen requested a number of changes to modernise the story, the name on the tanker has been changed to ‘Loch Lomond Whisky’. A pub sign for ‘John Haig Whisky’ is similarly altered, while an ashtray brimming with cigarette butts in the villains’ lair also bears the apparently fictitious ‘Loch Lomond’ brand name. Most barnacles are suspension feeders; they dwell continually in their shells, which are usually constructed of six plates, [3] and reach into the water column with modified legs. These feathery appendages beat rhythmically to draw plankton and detritus into the shell for consumption. [25]

Almost exactly 90 years ago, an idealistic boy reporter with a distinctive quiff made his comic strip debut in Le Petit Vingtième, the children’s supplement of a Belgian daily newspaper. Tintin, accompanied by his faithful dog Snowy, was the creation of Georges Remi, who took his initials, reversed them and fashioned a pen-name based on their Francophone pronunciation: Hergé. Farr, who first met Hergé when he was a young Reuters reporter in the 1970s, is also busy translating Tintin for the digital age in a new app. “You can zoom in on individual frames,” he says. “It’s wonderful. Tintin is alive!” Although they have been found at water depths to 600m (2,000ft), [3] most barnacles inhabit shallow waters, with 75% of species living in water depths less than 100m (300ft), [3] and 25% inhabiting the intertidal zone. [3] Within the intertidal zone, different species of barnacles live in very tightly constrained locations, allowing the exact height of an assemblage above or below sea level to be precisely determined. [3] Assouline, Pierre (2009). Herge: The Man Who Created Tintin. Oxford University Press. p.222. ISBN 9780195397598.

Doryphore - Latin for lance wielder or spear carrier, is defined both as a pedantic and annoyingly persistent critic. (Oxford A ring of plates surrounds the body, homologous with the carapace of other crustaceans. These consist of the rostrum, two lateral plates, two carinolaterals, and a carina. [6] In sessile barnacles, the apex of the ring of plates is covered by an operculum, which may be recessed into the carapace. The plates are held together by various means, depending on species, in some cases being solidly fused. [ citation needed] Inside body [ edit ] Asked whether the plinth would be changed to put it out of reach of future potential bandits, she said the mayor was adamant it should remain visible to everyone, including children. ii] Oliver Dunnett, ‘Identity and geopolitics in Hergé’s Adventures of Tintin,’ Social & Cultural Geography, 105 no.5 (2009): 583-598.Kado, Ryusuke. "Let's learn about the body structure of a barnacle" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 25, 2012. Billions of blue blistering boiled and barbecued barnacles [The Seven Crystal Balls, p14, frame 10]! The name Cirripedia comes from the Latin words cirritus "curly" from cirrus "curl" [37] and pedis from pes "foot," [38] the two words together mean "curl-footed." [39] [ further explanation needed] The study of barnacles is called cirripedology. Concise Oxford English Dictionary (10thed.). Oxford University Press. 2002. p.260. ISBN 0-19-860572-2.