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Category: Fun
Posted on: March 20, 2008 11:07 PM, by Coturnix
Here we go again! Who is cooler, Echinoderms or Molluscs? You decide for yourself, but I have decided a long time ago:
Sea Cucumber
Sea Cucumber
Sea Cucumber
Sea Cucumber
Sea Cucumber
Sea Cucumber
Sea Cucumber
Sea Cucumber
Sea Cucumber
Sea Cucumber
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*clutches pearls*
How could you?
Posted by: Snail | March 20, 2008 11:33 PM
Echinoderms, of course. Blastoids are uber-cool, and there are some really fabulous fossil crinoids as well.
(You aren't limiting the argument to the tiny subset that are living species, are you?)
Posted by: Karen | March 20, 2008 11:37 PM
Nothing beats that phallic shape... ;-)
Or the ability to repel swimmers by assuming the shape and color of human excrement.
Brilliant. And yes, all echinoderms from all eras...
Posted by: Coturnix | March 20, 2008 11:40 PM
Hmph!
Posted by: Cuttlefish | March 21, 2008 1:24 AM
Bora, you don't know what you are getting yourself into. I'm sorry to see you take the wrong side in this one. Consider yourself warned, I may unleash the fury of the Venomous Cone Snail.
Posted by: kevin z | March 21, 2008 11:15 AM
damn bora, I just realized you made my stance ironic since I just posted a sea cucumber post!! I hate you!
Posted by: kevin z | March 21, 2008 11:56 AM
It's a little sad to see the invertebrates turn on each other.
But this is good, ... aristotle's lantern vs the radula. Hmm, I'm on the fence.
Posted by: Peter | March 21, 2008 12:23 PM
Is there anything a sea cucumber can't do?
BTW they taste absolutely dreadful - or at least, they have done so on those two occasions where I've got it served. Jellyfish, on the other hand, doesn't taste of much.
Posted by: Kristjan Wager | March 23, 2008 3:25 AM