Ammonites made pearls

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Ammonites made pearls
Topic Started: Feb 28 2012, 07:41 AM (259 Views)
JohnFaa	Feb 28 2012, 07:41 AM Post #1
Adveho in mihi Lucifer Posts: 7,699 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/ammonoids-trapped-parasites-in-pearls-2/



lamna	Feb 28 2012, 02:36 PM Post #2
What is best in life? Posts: 13,598 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	Interesting, do we have any proof that Ammonites were little squid things? I remember when I was much younger a book saying we've never found any fossils of their soft parts.



JohnFaa	Feb 28 2012, 03:18 PM Post #3
Adveho in mihi Lucifer Posts: 7,699 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	From what I can gather there are soft tissue impressions that show that they were not only squid things, but more closely related to modern day squids and octopuses/pi/R'hylleh than to the other shelled cephalopods.



Fakey	Mar 3 2012, 03:57 PM Post #4
Let's see if they notice a difference. Post Rank: What The? Posts: 5,633 Group: Members Member #149 Joined: Mar 12, 2009 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Murrca. Favorite Quote: “I have no fear of losing my life; if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.” -Steve Irwin	JohnFaa Feb 28 2012, 03:18 PM From what I can gather there are soft tissue impressions that show that they were not only squid things, but more closely related to modern day squids and octopuses/pi/R'hylleh than to the other shelled cephalopods. PODES.



Zorcuspine	Mar 4 2012, 06:11 PM Post #5
You never cease to suprise me blue hedgehog Posts: 1,051 Group: Members Member #327 Joined: Jun 12, 2010 Gender: Male Nationality: US Favorite Quote: "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty." Mahatma Gandhi	Now THIS is weird! I have trouble imagining a cephalopod making perals. I wonder if all ammonites do this or only a couple?



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