Is it just me or the A380 resembles the clowns?

[ram13]

Few days back I was driving past Heathrow when I happen to see an Airbus A380 take off over my head and suddenly looking at it reminded me of something.. I then realised that for some reason it looked like the clown loach to me may be its just me, but I'll just post the pics of the two - see if you can find the resemblence too or if I am just plain crazy

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Singapor ... ff9c0e1a42

http://www.aquagiant.com/images/clown%20Loach.jpg

http://www.redorbit.com/modules/reflib/ ... 682099.jpg

[glenna]

clearyl you are CRAZY.....about loaches!
I do see the resemblance in the aero (or hydro) dynamic shape of both. I guess both are designed to move pretty fast, eh?

[soul-hugger]

I can definitely see the resemblance as well. As Glenna points out, there seems to be a pattern of design that repeats itself not only in nature, but is also reflected in our own designs. The purpose is the same, but nature did it first.

My boyfriend recently returned from a collecting trip in Bolivia. There was a picture of some fish being held in a 5-Gallon pail, and we couldn't help thinking the Hatchetfish, viewed from above, looked exactly like little planes.

soul-hugger

[Martin Thoene]

What about the A300-600ST Super Transporter?





Martin.

[soul-hugger]

What about the A300-600ST Super Transporter?

I think that one looks more like a Clown Knife Fish:



soul-hugger

[NancyD]

beluga whale

[Diana]

Streamilned for air or water, the shape is similar.

Second one made me think of Dolphin fish, and then Knife fish. The arch of the mature clown knife is very close. The nose of the airplane is like the nose of a dolphin or the dolphin fish.

[ram13]

Agreed. The A300-600ST Super Transporter looks very much like the Beluga whale ! Aptly named Airbus Beluga.