04-26-2008, 07:30 PM | #461 |
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Heh, nope. G.ray W.olf is not a science. Global Warming is though.
Though we do have a thread somewhere around here dedicated to the later, we don't have one dedicated to the former. Which, I think, could be a lot more fun.
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04-27-2008, 02:04 AM | #462 |
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Thanks, Sane, I was beginning to wonder if there was a thread somewhere devoted to the discussing of me and thrilling life.
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04-28-2008, 01:04 PM | #463 |
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Better start one Grey Wolf so you can defend yourself from people like inked who are convinced you dont exist.
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04-28-2008, 03:16 PM | #464 |
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04-28-2008, 05:46 PM | #465 | |
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Global warming...a subject that's attracted more politics than it has research to find out 1. what level the threat is (I think that the threat is at least moderate and will increase over time, but given my lack of access to all the data, it's difficult to tell and anything I say will be based merely on theory and little basis in solid facts), 2. what we're dealing with and 3. how to kill it. The last two questions should usually be asked for any threat of this magnitude.
Likelihood of major extinction...not likely at least within the next 100 years...unless something else happens to change this (ozone layer attacked by gamma ray burst, turning the sea to the consistency of battery acid, or an asteroid, or a major all-out war; even small-scale tactical nuclear weapons, enmasse, may devastate the atmosphere and ground water resources). Quote:
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04-28-2008, 07:28 PM | #466 |
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Hellooo, Ron White.
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04-28-2008, 08:43 PM | #467 |
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I have never doubted the existence of G.rey W.olf.
Now G.lobal W.arming is a different matter altogether, though I will admit that both GW(the first op cit) and GW (the second intra) are materially derived from star dust - though not in the same manner of being or existence.
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04-30-2008, 08:31 AM | #468 |
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Hey Nautipus, I take it you've been following the autopsy on the mesonychotheutis?
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04-30-2008, 08:35 AM | #469 |
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I'm actually in communication with one of the scientists doing it.
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04-30-2008, 08:41 AM | #470 | |
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04-30-2008, 08:51 AM | #471 | |
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04-30-2008, 09:25 AM | #472 |
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04-30-2008, 09:36 AM | #473 |
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Mari-Probably not. From what I can tell they are getting some interesting insights into deepwater large squid. But, IIRC, they havnt found one with food in its stomach, so no help there. But they are learning alot more about the eyes and the weaponry it uses to capture prey.
Inked- Still Collossal squid.
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04-30-2008, 11:52 AM | #474 |
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Nautipus, help us out for a moment. My dad and I have a discussion pertaining the colossal squid. This disk-like...bit of the squid, it's on his head, right? My dad says the disk is more of a tail, since the actual head (eyes and beak) is closer to the tentacles, I'm saying, no it's still his head, all there is on a squid is head and tentactle. I figured you would know the right terminology.
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04-30-2008, 11:59 AM | #475 |
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http://www.tonmo.com/images/content/...ig8NOSTEAL.jpg
Okay, I'm assuming the "disk" you're referring to is the top-most portion on this picture, if so, then those are fins used for locomotion and steering of the animal, and are extensions of the mantle which ends just above the actual head. The head is the small portion between the arms and mantle, and basically (externally) just carries the eyes. The siphon is also visible in this pic, jutting out beneath the mantle. Then there are the eight arms and two tentacles. The "disk" is really part of a covering that covers the visceral mass of the squid, and is much like our own torso, in function. Hope that helps.
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Darn, I always thought the mantle was the part between the arms, where the mouth is.
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04-30-2008, 01:25 PM | #478 |
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That's actually called the buccal mass, which holds the beack. The beak is actually very unique, because it has varying degrees of hardness, so that when the squid bites, it foesnt harm itself. Very interesting to look at.
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Now Im hungry for calamari...
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04-30-2008, 04:36 PM | #480 |
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Colossal calamari or Giant calamari?
Perhaps Nautipus can clarify the difference?
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