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Bats very interesting.... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Pretzel_logic | July 6, 2007 1:57 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Bats very interesting.
1. Posted by Pretzel_logic | July 6, 2007 1:57 PM |
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Posted on July 6, 2007 13:57
2. Posted by markm | July 6, 2007 2:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"Anyway, it had a tongue that was a surprise. If bats wore blue jeans, this fellow would be able to get change out of his hip pocket with his tongue."
Could revolutionize the bat porn industry too....
2. Posted by markm | July 6, 2007 2:05 PM |
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Posted on July 6, 2007 14:05
3. Posted by mantis | July 6, 2007 2:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The Wayne Aerospace division of Wayne Enterprises more likely. ;)
The bat wing is a fascinating piece of equipment. Coincidentally, I spent a good part of Wednesday looking at bat wings, comparing with birds' (birds are my primary interest, not mammals, but damn if bats aren't interesting creatures).
By the way, here's Brown's bat flight research page (with videos).
3. Posted by mantis | July 6, 2007 2:06 PM |
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Posted on July 6, 2007 14:06
4. Posted by C-C-G | July 6, 2007 2:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Holy airfoil, Batman!
4. Posted by C-C-G | July 6, 2007 2:12 PM |
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Posted on July 6, 2007 14:12
5. Posted by Veeshir | July 6, 2007 2:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I liked this part combines technology with biology and evolution,
I think we should spend much more time combining technology with biology.
Think about if we could figure out how to reproduce biological energy systems.
Plants and animals have very good power-plants, if we could copy them the fuel would be sunlight, O2 and our trash.
That seems pretty cool to me.
5. Posted by Veeshir | July 6, 2007 2:16 PM |
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Posted on July 6, 2007 14:16
6. Posted by Justrand | July 6, 2007 2:24 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
very kewl article!! thx!
6. Posted by Justrand | July 6, 2007 2:24 PM |
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Posted on July 6, 2007 14:24
7. Posted by jpm100 | July 6, 2007 2:27 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I hated the Batman Movie for the joker bringing down the Batwing with a pistol after a half dozen bat missiles didn't even scratch him.
7. Posted by jpm100 | July 6, 2007 2:27 PM |
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Posted on July 6, 2007 14:27
8. Posted by Oyster | July 6, 2007 2:53 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
If you're looking for inspiration, you need go no further than Eric Hoffer's essay "Return of Nature" [it's in his book The Temper of Our Time] In this link his essay is hosted by none other that a fellow New Hampshirite, Jay.
8. Posted by Oyster | July 6, 2007 2:53 PM |
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Posted on July 6, 2007 14:53
9. Posted by Oyster | July 6, 2007 2:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
oops, forgot to add the link.
9. Posted by Oyster | July 6, 2007 2:54 PM |
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Posted on July 6, 2007 14:54
10. Posted by Oyster | July 6, 2007 3:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Of course it has nothing to do with adapting natural qualites to create other things specifically, but it does tell you just how ugly nature really is and how man has risen from naked and helpless - with no other thing in his favor but a large brain - to master of all. It was just that the exerpt you posted called to mind Hoffer's essay.
10. Posted by Oyster | July 6, 2007 3:02 PM |
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Posted on July 6, 2007 15:02
11. Posted by Ken McCracken | July 6, 2007 3:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
How could Intelligent Design ever come up with such an ugly specimen as the Jamaican fruit bat?
Sorry J., just had to throw that out there.
11. Posted by Ken McCracken | July 6, 2007 3:05 PM |
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Posted on July 6, 2007 15:05
12. Posted by Mike G in Corvallis | July 6, 2007 3:57 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"How could Intelligent Design ever come up with such an ugly specimen as the Jamaican fruit bat?"
Ever see a sea lamprey? Yecch ...
12. Posted by Mike G in Corvallis | July 6, 2007 3:57 PM |
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Posted on July 6, 2007 15:57
13. Posted by Burt | July 6, 2007 5:49 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hmmm. Studying actual bats? Here comes PETA and ALF
13. Posted by Burt | July 6, 2007 5:49 PM |
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Posted on July 6, 2007 17:49
14. Posted by kim | July 6, 2007 7:51 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Bats and skunks carry rabies in America, little else. But nearly anything can be bitten.
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14. Posted by kim | July 6, 2007 7:51 PM |
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Posted on July 6, 2007 19:51
15. Posted by Mike G in Corvallis | July 7, 2007 4:29 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Whoops -- let's try that sea lamprey link again ...
15. Posted by Mike G in Corvallis | July 7, 2007 4:29 AM |
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Posted on July 7, 2007 04:29