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I'm a Kraken! (okay, "giant squid").
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Caitsith.Zahrah said: »
This was actually pretty fun!
*goes back to filtering water or w/e the hell coral does*
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Shiva.Spathaian said: »
Caitsith.Zahrah said: »
This was actually pretty fun!
*goes back to filtering water or w/e the hell coral does*
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However, Wright was more interested in the true fact that some species of mantis shrimps practice social monogamy. She noticed something odd while studying them for her PhD in the coral reefs of French Polynesia:
"We saw that stomatopods were living at higher densities farther away from coral heads, and that wasn't what we were expecting." Wright expected to see more burrows near the coral, where the small fish and invertebrates that mantis shrimp feed on are abundant.
The unexpected finding that mantis shrimp seemed to prefer being far away from their food source prompted Wright to note that the corals were also where the larger fishes that eat mantis shrimps are found. Avoiding predators may be especially important for socially monogamous mantis shrimp species, because unlike some of their promiscuous relatives, they have a less armored shell.
"Our surprising data made me wonder what role predation was playing in shaping social monogamy and mating systems in general," Wright says.
Wright tested two competing ideas to figure out if avoiding predation might have been the driving force behind the evolution of monogamy. If biparental care evolved early in the monogamous mantis shrimps, either at the same time or slightly before the evolution of social monogamy, then the classic hypothesis of a need for biparental care would apply to mantis shrimps. On the other hand, if social monogamy co-evolved with a sedentary lifestyle characterized by sit-and-wait predation, it would suggest monogamy is tied to the mantis shrimp avoiding becoming prey.
To test these competing ideas, Wright mapped life history traits onto an evolutionary history of mantis shrimps. Her results strongly went against the classic hypothesis, since she found that a sedentary, sit-and-wait lifestyle went hand-in-hand with social monogamy, but biparental evolved after social monogamy.
She reasons that after the evolution of a sedentary lifestyle, mantis shrimps would have been most vulnerable to predators when they ventured out to find a mate.
The solution? Settle down in the suburbs away from the hustle and bustle of the reef.
"We saw that stomatopods were living at higher densities farther away from coral heads, and that wasn't what we were expecting." Wright expected to see more burrows near the coral, where the small fish and invertebrates that mantis shrimp feed on are abundant.
The unexpected finding that mantis shrimp seemed to prefer being far away from their food source prompted Wright to note that the corals were also where the larger fishes that eat mantis shrimps are found. Avoiding predators may be especially important for socially monogamous mantis shrimp species, because unlike some of their promiscuous relatives, they have a less armored shell.
"Our surprising data made me wonder what role predation was playing in shaping social monogamy and mating systems in general," Wright says.
Wright tested two competing ideas to figure out if avoiding predation might have been the driving force behind the evolution of monogamy. If biparental care evolved early in the monogamous mantis shrimps, either at the same time or slightly before the evolution of social monogamy, then the classic hypothesis of a need for biparental care would apply to mantis shrimps. On the other hand, if social monogamy co-evolved with a sedentary lifestyle characterized by sit-and-wait predation, it would suggest monogamy is tied to the mantis shrimp avoiding becoming prey.
To test these competing ideas, Wright mapped life history traits onto an evolutionary history of mantis shrimps. Her results strongly went against the classic hypothesis, since she found that a sedentary, sit-and-wait lifestyle went hand-in-hand with social monogamy, but biparental evolved after social monogamy.
She reasons that after the evolution of a sedentary lifestyle, mantis shrimps would have been most vulnerable to predators when they ventured out to find a mate.
The solution? Settle down in the suburbs away from the hustle and bustle of the reef.
I still like the idea of sparkle puncher!
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I wish I'd have been a good student. I could study some motherfucking prairie dogs or something all day. sounds like about zero stress.
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Bismarck.Misao said: »
What quiz is this ?
fonewear said: »
I took the google quiz and got Wooly Mammoth !
https://www.google.com/search?q=earth+day+quiz&oi=ddle&ct=ddle-hpp&hl=en
https://www.google.com/search?q=earth+day+quiz&oi=ddle&ct=ddle-hpp&hl=en
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Siren.Mosin said: »
I wish I'd have been a good student. I could study some motherfucking prairie dogs or something all day. sounds like about zero stress.
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Bismarck.Leneth said: »
Siren.Mosin said: »
I wish I'd have been a good student. I could study some motherfucking prairie dogs or something all day. sounds like about zero stress.
they don't go very far. they live in little communities kind of like an ant colony.
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Caitsith.Zahrah said: »
Silly Sciencey stuff!
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp
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These are my murder sticks. There is many like it but these ones are mine.
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onetwothree DEATH!
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The mantis shrimp is the harbinger of blood-soaked rainbows.
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Siren.Mosin said: »
Bismarck.Leneth said: »
Siren.Mosin said: »
I wish I'd have been a good student. I could study some motherfucking prairie dogs or something all day. sounds like about zero stress.
they don't go very far. they live in little communities kind of like an ant colony.
On an other topic: South American Ants are spreading around the Mediterranean Sea, some viewing it as one gigantic organism, as one 6000km long colony.
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hmm possibly screwed up on a project...
could go check, but...
maybe it will go unnoticed~
could go check, but...
maybe it will go unnoticed~
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You're a giant squid!You can achieve anything to which you put your mind and/or your massive tentacle
no he's not, he's a pangolin!
you got into the beer already, didn't you?
edit* Oh never mind, you were failing at saying you were the giant squid, & the rest must be the description the site gives you. maybe I need a beer.
you got into the beer already, didn't you?
edit* Oh never mind, you were failing at saying you were the giant squid, & the rest must be the description the site gives you. maybe I need a beer.
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Bismarck.Leneth said: »
Their tunnels can be as long as 300metre long.
lmao, like ants. the scale of these rodents is like a 10m diameter of tunnels & such.
are you helping or not?
go get a degree in critter studies, & we'll get us some grants.
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Siren.Mosin said: »
Bismarck.Leneth said: »
Their tunnels can be as long as 300metre long.
lmao, like ants. the scale of these rodents is like a 10m diameter of tunnels & such.
are you helping or not?
go get a degree in critter studies, & we'll get us some grants.
Edit: Prairie dogs still sound like a stressfull study.
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morning all.
happy fridays eve. It seems like it could go either way today...
you'd be surprised.
on another note, flav wtf man? you too busy with the fame, fortune, sex, & drugs that come with being a professional chocobo jockey? you don't come & visit us anymore.
happy fridays eve. It seems like it could go either way today...
Bismarck.Leneth said: »
Prairie dogs still sound like a stressfull study.
you'd be surprised.
on another note, flav wtf man? you too busy with the fame, fortune, sex, & drugs that come with being a professional chocobo jockey? you don't come & visit us anymore.
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I...uh...nevemind.
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Anna Ruthven said: »
I...uh...nevemind.
Don't be ashamed. It happens to everyone.
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We've been out of coffee filters all week at work. Tea only does so much. Urge to kill rising.
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because once you have gone girlboy you... never... no ... sometimes... um...sifts through paperwork...die of embarrassment?...live a life of regret and the pain caused by genital inflammation?
PARKER /whispers
OH Right... police assisted suicide
thank you PARKER
PARKER /whispers
OH Right... police assisted suicide
thank you PARKER
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According to the Earth Day quiz, I am a colorful death machine.
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Today, I just kinda want to be mean to people like taking candy from babies all like "Welcome to the real world, jackass!" Then I threw it on the ground.
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Asura.Dameshi said: »
We've been out of coffee filters all week at work. Tea only does so much. Urge to kill rising.
Bring some to work and tuck them in your desk drawer until they get more. If you pack them away, no one should snag them and use them willy-nilly unless they're a complete asshat. Get yourself two cups so you'll get your fill before everyone swigs it down.
EDIT: Also, /highfive for being a psychedelic skull-crusher with post-smash sparkle powers! :D
They just don't understand, man!
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