JR wrote:
On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:21:19 -0600, Mitchell Holman
wrote:

Ugly?!
In normal operations such as being beastly to submarines, finding lost
yachts or doing censored with its copious surveillance gear no it's
not unusually ugly. But when threatened by enemy fighters, the Nimrod
inflates special sacs on its nose and tail to scare away would-be
predators. This remarkable behaviour is seen he
http://www.ausairpower.net/Nimrod-AEW.3-2.jpg

It also uses the same technique in non-threat situations as a display of
virility in order to attract a mate. Which is why they're so dammed rare
- http://homepages.tesco.net/~paul.cro...past/aew-a.jpg