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I saw this and the first thing (no pun intended) hat popped into my head was the story "Who Goes There?" which is the inspiration for John Carpenter's movie The Thing.
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And I don't mean Benjamin J. Grimm.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9686843/
I saw this and the first thing (no pun intended) hat popped into my head was the story "Who Goes There?" which is the inspiration for John Carpenter's movie The Thing.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9686843/
I saw this and the first thing (no pun intended) hat popped into my head was the story "Who Goes There?" which is the inspiration for John Carpenter's movie The Thing.
Whooooa. That's incredible.
On second thought, isn't there a species of crab that camouflages itself with seafloor debris?
On second thought, isn't there a species of crab that camouflages itself with seafloor debris?
The first thing that comes to mind is " Parasites".
Its neat though.
Its neat though.
that is pretty neat.
"Decorated Crab" Oregonia gracilis, camoflauges itself by transplanting ususally non-mobile sea life onto its back
Now I have to say, that is preety cool. Imagine if we could do that! There would be a whole lot more species of human around...
QUOTE(Phoenix Rider @ Oct 17 2005, 10:25 AM) [snapback]890743[/snapback]
Now I have to say, that is preety cool. Imagine if we could do that! There would be a whole lot more species of human around...
Can say I fancy digesting someone just to get their hair colour or brown eyes!
Evolution in action, that's so cool.
you have to ask yourself how far evolution will take this wonderful creature? what if, many millenia from now they develop such a close symbiotic relationship the crabs are born with the anenomes already attached- an intertwined DNA kind of thing? 
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