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| Green Tube Worms; What do you guys think? | |
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| Topic Started: Mar 24 2010, 05:38 PM (403 Views) | |
| MitchBeard | Mar 24 2010, 05:38 PM Post #1 |
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proud gondwanan
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Hey guys, I do a little bit of spec on my blog occasionally. I was just wondering what any of you think of my Green Tube Worms. I actually have an idea to make the sessile form a bit more plausible, so I have to do an edit on it soon. Cheers!
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| Margaret Pye | Mar 24 2010, 09:38 PM Post #2 |
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Very clever idea! But why bother with Riftia? Wouldn't a photosynthetic sea slug be a more convenient, less specialised ancestor, not requiring mad scientist intervention? |
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| MitchBeard | Mar 24 2010, 10:02 PM Post #3 |
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proud gondwanan
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Yeah, I came across Elysia chloriata when I was researching these, almost too late I'm afraid. I already had a massive diversification of my tube worms in my head. I also like Riftia because they're already so specialized to being an autotroph; they're such a stripped back animal. I liked the idea of building them back up into a new weird more complex organism again. |
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| Xenophile | Mar 24 2010, 10:17 PM Post #4 |
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Formerly known as alienboy.
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Love it! Your tube worms are very original! Welcome to my favorite site on the internet! |
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