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John Wilkins is an aged, eternal student, who thinks philosophy of biology is at least as interesting as politics or sport and twice as important. He has a PhD from the University of Melbourne and a position as a Postdoctoral Fellow Sessional Lecturer at the University of Queensland, in Australia. After a varied career, involving factories, gardening, civil service, publishing, graphics, public relations but not, unfortunately for the CV, driving a truck, John finally completed his thesis on species concepts in 2004, which he has worked into two books. Species Definitions: A Sourcebook (Peter Lang) will come out in 2008; Species: A History of an Idea (University of California Press) will appear, it is hoped, in early 2009. He is also interested in cultural evolution, philosophy of religion, Macintosh computers and his kids.
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Mantis shrimps: is there anything they can't do?
Category: Biodiversity
Posted on: March 21, 2008 9:37 PM, by John S. Wilkins
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yeah, but I bet they can't really DO THIS...
Posted by: dorid | March 22, 2008 12:17 AM
Only because nobody's ever given them one to try.
Posted by: John S. Wilkins | March 22, 2008 12:46 AM
I see you've chosen your side on this battle. I'm only sorry you couldn't have chosen more wisely. ;p
Posted by: kevin z | March 22, 2008 9:52 AM
Now, if we could just crossbreed them with cuttlefish to give them the latter's amazing powers of camouflage, we'd have the perfect nautical ninja. They'd be a sort of submarine version of the alien from Predator
Posted by: Ian H Spedding FCD | March 22, 2008 4:55 PM
I gotta get me a bullet proof aquarium and some of those buggers. Then I can drop in lots of Cephalopods and sent PZ pictures of the ensuing carnage.
Posted by: Brian English | March 23, 2008 11:31 PM