Hi guys,
I though I'd bring two rather funny blog entries to your attention. One's about sea cucumbers, and one's about sea squirts. It's not very scientific, but it does make marine biology rather entertaining.
A sample: "Now if you are married to a woman who’ll wake you up in the middle of the night, to ask how to solve a rubiks cube, or why it was that the Roman Empire fell or some other such obscure 3 am question, you will most likely have thought about how to get away with murder. [...] And this is of course purely speculative, but if you did want to get away with murder, a good bet would be poisoning with something so obscure, noone would think about testing for it in a autopsy. Indeed, to the disgruntled and all too improperly awoken husband, the abundant toxicity of the aquatic realm should be rather interesting.
And regarding sea squirts: "The free-swimming larvae stage lasts only a short time, as the larvae aren’t capable of feeding. Soon, they seek out the bottom and cement themselves headfirst to the spot where they will spend the rest of their lives. It’s not unlike moving to the suburbs, putting up a white picket fence and having kids really. "
Best regards,
I though I'd bring two rather funny blog entries to your attention. One's about sea cucumbers, and one's about sea squirts. It's not very scientific, but it does make marine biology rather entertaining.
A sample: "Now if you are married to a woman who’ll wake you up in the middle of the night, to ask how to solve a rubiks cube, or why it was that the Roman Empire fell or some other such obscure 3 am question, you will most likely have thought about how to get away with murder. [...] And this is of course purely speculative, but if you did want to get away with murder, a good bet would be poisoning with something so obscure, noone would think about testing for it in a autopsy. Indeed, to the disgruntled and all too improperly awoken husband, the abundant toxicity of the aquatic realm should be rather interesting.
And regarding sea squirts: "The free-swimming larvae stage lasts only a short time, as the larvae aren’t capable of feeding. Soon, they seek out the bottom and cement themselves headfirst to the spot where they will spend the rest of their lives. It’s not unlike moving to the suburbs, putting up a white picket fence and having kids really. "
Best regards,
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