Sometimes she sends me a couple of pictures, and sometimes I can't decide between them.
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As noted a couple of days ago, this was a big martial arts week at Chateau Steelypips, with The Pip's first-ever belt test on Monday, and SteelyKid testing for her brown belt tonight. Unfortunately, tonight was also a first, namely the first belt test she's failed.
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The question:
How is it that all the PIs (Tara, PZ, Orac et al.), various grad students, post-docs, etc. find time to fulfill their primary objectives (day jobs) and blog so prolifically?
The answer:
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Commenting on my last post, Karl thinks PZ and I have missed the boat:
Janet said
"Science isn't just putting forward a point of view, it's inviting the audience to check it out and see how it holds up. Nothing for sale -- the audience already has the critical faculties that are needed."
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Adaptability!!
"Come into my home! I'll cut a bitch!"
That's when you're glad you have carapace, not skin.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/mxaa3p
But does it have beer in the fridge?
Still learning,
Robert
Out of frame is a predator with a church key.
I don't know whether to say "poor crab" or "way to go!" In either case it is a remarkable case of recycling.
I suppose the sharp edges might keep him being juggled by an octopus for fun.
Aw, bless! Good job hermit crab predators haven't invented bottle openers... :-)
Wouldn't that be heavier (but maybe stronger?) than a regular shell?
Do octopi throw stones?
that's awesome.
I'm having visions of mildly confused future marine paleontologists. And no, the resident paleontologists may not correct this vision; because that would kill the fun :-p
Adaptability in glass. ;) Still, it makes me a bit sad.
My hermits are going to love the new coats I'm preparing for them. Thanks for the idea, Big Guy!
(Not you, PZ; the hermit.)
I couldn't help it. I just squeed.
Cutest. Crab. Ever.
Biting my nails--sharp glass edge WAY to close to stalked eyeballs!
That's really cute.
You could not make up your mind between this one and the frickin' hamsters?
This may be a bigger deal than you realise.
In many cases, hermit crab shells are a limited resource. If this hermit crab can is "willing" (and I'm using the term loosely) to use other materials for its shell, and this "willingness" has a genetic component, it and its descendants might be able to break out of the bottleneck*.
You know, kind of like Lenski's Ara-3 developing the ability to eat the buffer as well as the nutrient.
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*No pun intended.