02-18-2013, 09:06 AM
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Yeah, "Earth From Space" was beautiful. It even kept my first grader and my four year old riveted.
There's also a great new series "Strip The City" on the Science Channel. It helps that my wife got the kids into disaster movies and the first episode was about San Francisco.
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02-18-2013, 03:37 PM
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Pear shape is due to plate tectonics.
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[Scrubs] - Wrong wrong wrong wrong! - YouTube
Sir Bedevere: ...and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped.
King Arthur: This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.
[Monty Python's "Quest for the Holy Grail"]
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02-18-2013, 03:40 PM
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Frank Lee, how did you include the video?
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02-18-2013, 11:24 PM
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Most animals have red blood with hemoglobin that is iron based. What animal has sky blue copper based blood?
Hint: this animal's blood is worth $15,000 a quart! Extra points if you know why it is worth so much?
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02-19-2013, 01:19 AM
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Is it worth $15,000 a quart for the copper?  |
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02-19-2013, 09:21 AM
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Yes, the horseshoe crab is either used as bait OR it is partially bled in labs and collected. Figure that out...
What purpose is horseshoe crab blood used for that makes it so valuable? ALL of us have probably directly benefited from this use... (And no, it is not the copper!)
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02-19-2013, 01:14 PM
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They lubricate muffler bearings with it?
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02-19-2013, 06:58 PM
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Ding, ding, ding! Horseshoe crab blood has an autoimmune reaction to any contaminates within about an hour, so it is a very quick and reliable way to check medical drugs for contaminates. They used to use live rabbits (I think?) and this process took like 2-3 days, so this is why horseshoe crab blood is so valuable!
By the way the horseshoe crab species is about [350 million] years old. Many, many other species depend on them to survive.
Video: Crash: A Tale of Two Species | Watch Nature Online | PBS Video
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02-19-2013, 10:43 PM
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By the way the horseshoe crab species is about 350,000 years old. Many, many other species depend on them to survive.
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I thought the horseshoe crab species was at least 350 million years old. |
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02-20-2013, 10:27 AM
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My mistake - thanks for the correction. I knew this but went from memory...
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