Go-terms influenced by nature

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Go-terms influenced by nature

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Hello everybody!
We have some Go-terms influenced by nature:

* Crab Eyes
* Monkey jump
* Gorilla jump
* Tiger's mouth
* Lion's mouth
* Lion Shape
* Rabbitty Six
* Dogleg Four
* "Raccoon-dog drums his belly"
* Horse Head
* Elephant move
* Crane's Nest
* Butterfly
* Butterfly Seven
* Tortoise Shell
* Bamboo joint
* Diamond Shape


Is there more?
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Apologies to Youngsam Kim 7d for highlighting one of his worst blunders in a while, a golden chicken at the EGC yesterday:

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Thanks a lot!
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There is also a dog's head and and a cat's head:
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Post by EdLee »

Hi daal,

Interesting that the tiger's mouth (cat's head) reminds me of Mickey :)
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EdLee wrote:Hi daal,

Interesting that the tiger's mouth (cat's head) reminds me of Mickey :)
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So we're not really drinking mickey mouse heads, but cat heads or tiger's mouths instead?
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So we're not really drinking mickey mouse heads,
Hi Elom, sorry, the reference lost me... :blackeye:
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EdLee wrote:
So we're not really drinking mickey mouse heads,
Hi Elom, sorry, the reference lost me... :blackeye:
Image :)
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Are you talking about move 140? Isn't it just a ko threat?
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Hi Elom, Thanks for the elaboration.
Our high school chemistry teacher
was kind enough to warn us about the huge disparity between the ball-and-stick model in his hand and reality. :)
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Kirby wrote:Are you talking about move 140? Isn't it just a ko threat?
The mistake was in the sequence starting from move 39.
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Has anyone thought that Go looks a bit like carbon and silicon atoms bonding?
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