Grammour Boy
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Of course, it's a threat.Eggs Mayonnaise said:
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EGGS: I like you so DON'T threaten me
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Eggs Mayonnaise
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Threatening staff isn't a smart thing to do on any board.
Gagh
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Check This Shit Out Guys & Gals!
Marine biologists have discovered a crustacean in the South Pacific that resembles a lobster, covered in what looks like silky fur.
Kiwa hirsuta is so distinct from other species that scientists have created a new taxonomic family for it.
A US-led team found the animal last year in waters 2,300m (7,540ft) deep at a site 1,500km (900 miles) south of Easter Island, an expert has claimed.
Details appear in the journal of Paris' National Museum of Natural History.
The animal is white and 15cm (5.9 ins) long, according to Michel Segonzac of the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer).
In what he has described as a "surprising characteristic", the animal's pincers are covered with sinuous, hair-like strands. It seems to reside around some Pacific deep sea hydrothermal vents, which spew out fluids that are toxic to many animals.
Dr Segonzac told the BBC News website that the "hairy" pincers contained lots of filamentous bacteria.
Some scientists think the bacteria detoxify poisonous minerals from the water, allowing K. hirsuta to survive around the vents.
Alternatively, the animal may actually feed on the bacteria that live in the hair-like strands.
But observations of its behaviour suggest it may be a general carnivore. Dr Segonzac said he and his colleagues saw the animal fighting with two crabs over a piece of shrimp.
K. hirsuta is blind; the researchers found it had only "the vestige of a membrane" in place of eyes, Ifremer researcher said.
The researchers said that while legions of new ocean species are discovered each year, it is quite rare to find one that merits a new family.
The family was named Kiwaida, from Kiwa, the goddess of crustaceans in Polynesian mythology.
The diving expedition was organized by Robert Vrijenhoek of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California.
I just want to know one thing.
Does it taste good with melted butter. :bigass:
Marine biologists have discovered a crustacean in the South Pacific that resembles a lobster, covered in what looks like silky fur.
Kiwa hirsuta is so distinct from other species that scientists have created a new taxonomic family for it.
A US-led team found the animal last year in waters 2,300m (7,540ft) deep at a site 1,500km (900 miles) south of Easter Island, an expert has claimed.
Details appear in the journal of Paris' National Museum of Natural History.
The animal is white and 15cm (5.9 ins) long, according to Michel Segonzac of the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer).
In what he has described as a "surprising characteristic", the animal's pincers are covered with sinuous, hair-like strands. It seems to reside around some Pacific deep sea hydrothermal vents, which spew out fluids that are toxic to many animals.
Dr Segonzac told the BBC News website that the "hairy" pincers contained lots of filamentous bacteria.
Some scientists think the bacteria detoxify poisonous minerals from the water, allowing K. hirsuta to survive around the vents.
Alternatively, the animal may actually feed on the bacteria that live in the hair-like strands.
But observations of its behaviour suggest it may be a general carnivore. Dr Segonzac said he and his colleagues saw the animal fighting with two crabs over a piece of shrimp.
K. hirsuta is blind; the researchers found it had only "the vestige of a membrane" in place of eyes, Ifremer researcher said.
The researchers said that while legions of new ocean species are discovered each year, it is quite rare to find one that merits a new family.
The family was named Kiwaida, from Kiwa, the goddess of crustaceans in Polynesian mythology.
The diving expedition was organized by Robert Vrijenhoek of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California.
I just want to know one thing.
Does it taste good with melted butter. :bigass:
missmanners
grrrrrrrr...
Gagh said:
Which time? lol, I mean...
you were not!
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Grammour Boy
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I know.Eggs Mayonnaise said:
Grammour Boy
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Aren't I a swell guy for taking this discussion out of the Mine Field?
And who said I don't contribute to the MF?
And who said I don't contribute to the MF?
Grammour Boy
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Nice!
Gurk_MacGuintey
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You can't really blame the bugger for not liking Grammour Puss.
Grammour Boy
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The name is Grammour Boy.
Grammour Boy
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?Loktar said:
Grammour Boy
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!!//...
Grammour Boy
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No, you are.jack said: