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JEROME DA GNOME
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 Posted - 09/07/2007 : 23:51:17
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Alien jaws feed moray.
| Moray eels have a unique way of feeding reminiscent of a science fiction thriller, researchers at UC Davis have discovered. After seizing prey in its jaws, a second set of jaws located in the moray's throat reaches forward into the mouth, grabs the food and carries it back to the esophagus for swallowing. |
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What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 09/08/2007 : 02:19:34 [Permalink]
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I wonder how long it will take Behe and/or Dembski to start whinnying about "irreductable complexity" of the moray's snapper.
Very interesting. Thanks.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 09/08/2007 : 03:56:01 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
I wonder how long it will take Behe and/or Dembski to start whinnying about "irreductable complexity" of the moray's snapper.
Very interesting. Thanks.
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Me, I'm going for the theory that its design is Satanic.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
4826 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2007 : 08:15:29 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Originally posted by filthy
I wonder how long it will take Behe and/or Dembski to start whinnying about "irreductable complexity" of the moray's snapper.
Very interesting. Thanks.
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Me, I'm going for the theory that its design is Satanic.
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I'll blame Hollywood Light and Magic for it. |
Cthulhu/Asmodeus when you're tired of voting for the lesser of two evils
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2007 : 12:45:21 [Permalink]
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These "jaws' can be seen in a lot of fish species, although they are not so exgaggerated as shown in the moray nor do they move forward very much. They look like a set of radula in the throat, and work pretty much as described.
Really interesting.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Thinking of that Filthy Southner Again
