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David Turell — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:58:12 +0000

This time it is a two pound rodent who eats back from a poison tree, puts the poison on its fur and does not die but poisons preditors:-http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802201836.htm

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David Turell — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:00:58 +0000

And now we have scuba-diving spiders who live under water in diving bell:-http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-bell-spider-spiders.html

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David Turell — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:15:00 +0000

Leaf-cutter ants in the tropics raise fungus for food on leaf-cuttings, and have lost genes not necessary for this kind of farming:-http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-leafcutter-ant-genome-reveals-secrets.html

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David Turell — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:04:49 +0000

How many pecks can a woodpecker peck, if a woodpecker could peck wood? Well, the poor bird needs shock absorber mechanisms and here they are:-http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20088-woodpeckers-head-inspires-shock-absorbers.html

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David Turell — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:41:44 +0000

A study of bird migration by a quantum state method:-http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/indepth/45059-http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v106/i4/e040503

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David Turell — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:11:32 +0000

In this example the tiny ant brain is better than our computers; solving mazes!-http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101209/full/news.2010.662.html

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David Turell — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:00:32 +0000

Here is an article concerning animals that use photosynthesis, and the possibilities of creating more animals with that ability thru genetic engineering:- http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20827901.100-light-diet-animals-that-eat-sunshine.html?page=1-Ad the best photo studies of cell activity for the year. Living biochemistry is very complex:-http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/57860/

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David Turell — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:29:56 +0000

Now its a bee hive that is faster than a computer, solving the 'traveling salesman' problem, finding the fastest flying time between flowers:- http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/24/bees-route-finding-problems

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David Turell — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:14:51 +0000

Watch as white cells gather around a non-infected dead tissue, forming pus and cleaning up the garbage:- http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/57746/

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Balance_Maintained — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:30:32 +0000

On the discovery channel, there is a show called 'Time Warp' where they mixed high speed cameras with x-ray to capture one of the most fascinating things about humming bird feeing. The nectar they drink is sent to their crop, where it sloshes back and forth counter to their shoulder movement to keep their head stable during feeding.

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David Turell — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:27:47 +0000

Another amazing adaptation, hummingbirds, migration and adaptation to blossoms:-http://www.uncommondescent.com/intelligent-design/hummingbirds-elaborate-trappings-of-the-nectar-eater/#more-15283

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David Turell — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:32:08 +0000

An explanation how salmonella attack the gut and grow without using oxygen, It is a bastardized version of symbiosos, with only one partner benefiting:-"[It's] kind of neat trick," BÃ¤umler said. "Salmonella has these virulence factors to trigger inflammation, and this inflammation is necessary to generate tetrathionate, and tetrathionate is necessary to outgrow [the other bacteria]." - Read more: Immune response feeds parasite - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences: -http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/57695/

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David Turell — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:12:50 +0000

I know.. that is what makes concious such a special thing. Particularly true in my case. I'm partially color blind. Red/Green impaired-Fairly common in men

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Balance_Maintained — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:54:42 +0000

I know.. that is what makes concious such a special thing. Particularly true in my case. I'm partially color blind. Red/Green impaired

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David Turell — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:05:44 +0000

A new way of thinking about the world.-Another interesting thought for you: I don't know if the color blue I see is the same shade you see. We will both call it blue, as our individual brain interprets it, but we will never know if we see the same.

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Balance_Maintained — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:50:21 +0000

A new way of thinking about the world.

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David Turell — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:06:37 +0000

Under 'life is tough' these guys show that life will survive under the worse of conditions:-http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727790.101-arctic-bugs-may-have-the-longest-lifecycle-on-earth.html

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Balance_Maintained — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:55:48 +0000

I just read Du Clix, a piece of writing after my own heart. Top work, wish there were more to it!

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Balance_Maintained — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:45:03 +0000

There were some interesting bits in that book. Most of all, I enjoyed the way the information was presented. The section on Pythagoras was my personal favorite as well. Particularly the break down of his mathematical concepts and his 10 rules for his followers. Some of them hold a lot of truth in them.

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George Jelliss — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:15:29 +0000

Thanks for the French correction!-dhw asks: "I don't suppose you'd like to tell us what mystical esotericism you think might reveal a worthwhile truth."-After a quick look through Hall's book I suppose the sections on Pythagoras and on Cryptology have some modern mathematical interest, though the results have been largely superseded. However the numerology or gematria is just obscurantism, although it has some recreational interest.