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Re: DAMN, THAT'S COOL! (Help a fellow geek)

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From: Carl Fink
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 00:00
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Perhaps not as elegant as a mathematical formula, but the way
crocodilians pump their lungs strikes me as cool -- they have a muscle
attached to their large liver, which acts like a mammal's diaphragm.
There's a springy tendon that counters the muscle.
--
Carl Fink             carlf@panix.com
". . . my purpose is not to examine all the possibilities.  My purpose is to
create strife and controversy for no reason."       Dave Barry
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From: carlf@panix.com (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: DAMN, THAT'S COOL! (Help a fellow geek)
Date: 1997/02/01
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