Sid the scientist

• Guest 644

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 1,214
  27 May 2010     02:3053529
  #1      
  Strewth! Well, I never. This rather fascinating ancient factoid popped up in my Google Alert inbox today:
  
  http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/59713/description/Octopi_origins
  
  Just to reassure, I have a Google Alert set up for "Ammonite", not "Sid Perkins".
• Guest 695

  • Registered: 30 Mar 2010
  • Posts: 426
  27 May 2010     09:0353542
  #2      
  Yeah I bet, your stalking secret's out now
• Sid Perkins

  • Location: Dover
  27 May 2010     11:3253564
  #3      
  
• Guest 690

  • Registered: 10 Oct 2009
  • Posts: 4,150
  27 May 2010     15:2053595
  #4      
  You`re posting Phil says he`s got two tentacles.
  Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
• Guest 696

  • Registered: 31 Mar 2010
  • Posts: 8,115
  28 May 2010     13:5753792
  #5      
  Sid, a good piece of work, but it's hard to assimilate all those complicated names!
  Why not just call them squids?
  Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
  Rule Britannia!
  Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ
• Sid Perkins

  • Location: Dover
  28 May 2010     16:2953813
  #6      
  Because Alexander dear chap, they are different cephalapods.