On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:41:02 +0200, "Thomas de Groot"
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>> You are cracking up, Thomas. :P
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>Indeed... Stress you know  :-)
>

No! I live on it and coffee :-)
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"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> schreef in bericht 
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> No! I live on it and coffee :-)

He He! No. Stress is bad company for me ;-)

Ok. Totally OT this, but in line with the thread: I was thinking 
mischievously about krill / blue whale evolution. Krill being not so 
defenseless in the *arms race* after all, and following the strategy of 
numbers to survive; answered by the size strategy of blue whales (nature 
could also have chosen numbers for them, but size was probably more 
convenient and had other positive side effects).

Hmmm... so, back to Mike's creature: stereo vision + crystals on its back 
could mean two things at least: (1) Defense: predator (insects, grubs, look 
at the digging horns and the absence of large teeth) being hunted by bigger 
predator, or (2) display: predator (or not) bearing crystals as display for 
females.

Fascinating: the evolution of imaginary creatures... :-)

Thomas

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> "Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> schreef in bericht 
> news:e5e2b51sds81a4d1bp76j3s050ili94vcf@4ax.com...
>> No! I live on it and coffee :-)
> 
> He He! No. Stress is bad company for me ;-)
> 
> Ok. Totally OT this, but in line with the thread: I was thinking 
> mischievously about krill / blue whale evolution. Krill being not so 
> defenseless in the *arms race* after all, and following the strategy of 
> numbers to survive; answered by the size strategy of blue whales (nature 
> could also have chosen numbers for them, but size was probably more 
> convenient and had other positive side effects).
> 
> Hmmm... so, back to Mike's creature: stereo vision + crystals on its back 
> could mean two things at least: (1) Defense: predator (insects, grubs, look 
> at the digging horns and the absence of large teeth) being hunted by bigger 
> predator, or (2) display: predator (or not) bearing crystals as display for 
> females.
> 
> Fascinating: the evolution of imaginary creatures... :-)
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 
Another view:
Those crystals growths can makes for a very effective armor.

Or that creature lives in an area where there is a LOT of crystaline 
formations. In that case, it would be a kind of defencive mimetism.

For the horns, among terestrial creatures in our world, it's almost only 
herbivores that have them, and mostly, the relatively large ones. Among 
carnivorous creatures, the only ones that have some, use them to DIG 
ther meals out. Maybe because, most of the time, horns can be an hadicap 
when hunting, but can be used as an agressive defence by the hunted.

Alain

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On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:19:43 +0200, "Thomas de Groot"
<tDOTdegroot@interDOTnlANOTHERDOTnet> wrote:

>"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> schreef in bericht 
>news:e5e2b51sds81a4d1bp76j3s050ili94vcf@4ax.com...
>> No! I live on it and coffee :-)
>
>He He! No. Stress is bad company for me ;-)

I gave up on stress, it is so counter productive. Unless there is an imminent
danger of death or serious injury then there is no use worrying. 
[I just deleted a whole ramble on how to live your life (not your life Thomas, I
would not be so presumptuous but life in general) because who cares what I think
about it.] 

Ah! The thrill of the Krill kill, yum!
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     Stephen

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Stephen schrieb:

> I gave up on stress, it is so counter productive. Unless there is an imminent
> danger of death or serious injury then there is no use worrying. 

There's a popular sayind in Germany you'll find on self-printed signs in 
many offices (especially in highly bureaucratic domains): "Bitte nicht 
hetzen - wir sind auf der Arbeit, nicht auf der Flucht" ("Please don't 
hasten us - we're at work, not on the run"; unfortunately the pun 
suffers from translation) :-)

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On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:11:43 +0200, clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:

>Stephen schrieb:
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>> I gave up on stress, it is so counter productive. Unless there is an imminent
>> danger of death or serious injury then there is no use worrying. 
>
>There's a popular sayind in Germany you'll find on self-printed signs in 
>many offices (especially in highly bureaucratic domains): "Bitte nicht 
>hetzen - wir sind auf der Arbeit, nicht auf der Flucht" ("Please don't 
>hasten us - we're at work, not on the run"; unfortunately the pun 
>suffers from translation) :-)

Nice one! But far be it for me to correct your very fluent English, may I
suggest "on the job, not on the run" :)

This would give a double, double meaning as "on the job" can mean working or
having sex and "on the run" can mean, as you translate, running or escaping. 

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     Stephen

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Stephen schrieb:
> Nice one! But far be it for me to correct your very fluent English, may I
> suggest "on the job, not on the run" :)

Ah yes, I hadn't thought of that.

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On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:56:21 +0200, clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:

>Stephen schrieb:
>> Nice one! But far be it for me to correct your very fluent English, may I
>> suggest "on the job, not on the run" :)
>
>Ah yes, I hadn't thought of that.

You can't think of everything ;)
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     Stephen

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Stephen schrieb:
>> Ah yes, I hadn't thought of that.
> 
> You can't think of everything ;)

No? I always thought I could :-P

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On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:24:43 +0200, clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:

>Stephen schrieb:
>>> Ah yes, I hadn't thought of that.
>> 
>> You can't think of everything ;)
>
>No? I always thought I could :-P

Maybe you can http://tinyurl.com/nllcu4
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     Stephen

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