Interesting article on hermies

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Interesting article on hermies

Post by AlayllaCrab1 » Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:02 pm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 124103.htm

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Re: Interesting article on hermies

Post by herder79 » Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:10 pm

Fascinating. One would wonder why they're studying that stuff... but it's totally cool that they are! I want THAT job. What did you do today? Oh, I measured the excitation in the neurons of hermit crabs' antennae in various responses to different olfactory stimuli. You know.
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