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| IIGSY | Sep 20 2017, 07:50 PM Post #1 |
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A huntsman spider that wastes time on the internet because it has nothing better to do
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https://thewire.in/158336/snail-shells-nematodes-parasite/ Holy crap http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.4202/app.2010.0044 Ammonites did this as well. |
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| Yiqi15 | Sep 20 2017, 08:08 PM Post #2 |
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Prime Specimen
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This is really terrifying. Any more information on how it does it? |
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| Sayornis | Sep 20 2017, 08:53 PM Post #3 |
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Neotenous
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So, will someone try to market these shell-encased nematodes as "garden pearls"? |
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| IIGSY | Sep 20 2017, 09:02 PM Post #4 |
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A huntsman spider that wastes time on the internet because it has nothing better to do
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Maybe |
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| Rodlox | Sep 20 2017, 09:46 PM Post #5 |
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Superhuman
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they already do - this is how pearls form |
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| Flisch | Sep 21 2017, 02:19 AM Post #6 |
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Superhuman
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Wait I thought this was already known. I do remember reading somewhere that ammonites did it? Mmh. |
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