tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post4447681585960460085..comments2024-03-24T17:01:24.541-04:00Comments on Crazy Eddie's Motie News: Videos for my biology classes--dinoflagellates, thylacines, and pandasPinku-Senseihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-39885888104806455242017-04-05T01:13:51.841-04:002017-04-05T01:13:51.841-04:00"I'm glad biological harpoons haven't..."I'm glad biological harpoons haven't evolved in any organisms large enough to target us."<br /><br />In a way, they have. Jellyfish have very much the same kind of harpoons that these dinoflagellates have, but bigger -- big enough to penetrate human skin. In the case of <a href="http://crazyeddiethemotie.blogspot.com/2014/12/box-jellyfish-student-sustainability.html" rel="nofollow">box jellyfish</a>, the results are very painful and can be deadly.Pinku-Senseihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16247618351725715844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8752611264465083204.post-59058422734248601082017-04-04T13:14:54.785-04:002017-04-04T13:14:54.785-04:00To the untrained eye, "dinoflagellate" s...To the untrained eye, "dinoflagellate" suggests a T-rex who's into S&M (although the ultimate example of S&M would be flogging somebody with jellyfish tentacles). As it is, I'm glad biological harpoons haven't evolved in any organisms large enough to target <i>us</i>.<br /><br />It wouldn't surprise me if a few thylacines have survived. 1936 isn't all that long ago, and Australia's a big and underpopulated place. Their population may well be below a critical size for maintaining genetic diversity, though.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.com