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Che Guava <che_guava@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Geodog wrote:
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> > Also on Attenborough, I remember seeing the story of a parasite,
protozoan
> > or annelid, I think maybe the latter, that invades the body of a snail
and
> > consumes it from the inside. Just before the poor bloody snail is about
to
> > expire, the parasite somehow causes it to expose itself in the open and
wave
> > itself about to attract a bird, which becomes the host for the next
stage.
> > One of the worst things I have ever seen on TV, akin to Alzheimer's
followed
> > by being eaten by a lion.
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> Confirms my view that pastoral scenes are only superficially peaceful,
> and the Buddhists are,  on one level,  right about 'reality' being an
illusion
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> Thanks for your 'Ripping' yarn..
> (I will use it to scare the kids...  ;-)
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> > On another note, does anybody out there have any examples of triploidy
in
> > the animal kingdom (or tetraploidy, for that matter)?
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> Can't reciprocate..  I knew something about diploid and polyploid plant
material
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> in my misspent youth.. but animals, no.     ;-)

I seem to remember something about moles or shrews or hyaenas or wild
African dogs where the family groups are unisex and have an unusual
chromosomal setup.
What about bees ants termites or wasps? How are the workers differentiated
from the queens and the drones?
Oh, why didn't I do Zo. II?
Geodog