Indeed, and agreed, K. ;-)
(you juvenile sea squirt!)
J
2008/7/3 kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]>:
> HAHAHA. thanks for the giggle
>
> KS
>
> 2008/7/1 Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > Judy Prince wrote:
> >
> >> >From BookRags: Hermaphrodite:
> >>
> >> A few species of vertebrates (mostly fish), and some species of
> >> crustaceans
> >> (barnacles and shrimps) change sex during their lifetime. Sequential
> >> hermaphroditic fish, such as the bluehead wrasse, undergo protogyny,
> >> changing sex from female to male.
> >>
> >
> > The Teiresias Effect, a.k.a., Having It Both Ways.
> >
> > More fun for me this early in the AM is another transformation:
> >
> > The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable
> > rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this
> task
> > it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds it's spot and takes
> root,
> > it doesn't need its brain any more so it eats it. It's rather like
> getting
> > tenure.
> >
> > -Daniel C. Dennett (from *Consciousness Explained*, 1991)
> >
> > I don't think the date is right since I remember seeing this in the
> 1970s.
> > I wasn't *that* prescient.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ken Wolman http://bestiaire.typepad.com
> > http://www.petsit.com/content317832.html
> > -------------------
> > "Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry,
> listen,
> > eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long." -- Walker
> Evans
> >
>
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