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The Beetle That Thought It Was A Precious Stone
circletimessquare writes "Queensland, Australia is well-known as one of the most important sources for opal in the world. Apparently Queensland has another untapped source of opal recently discovered in its backyard, except this source is not the providence of geology, but biology. A native weevil of Queensland grows opal on it's back shell! Implications for research into nanotechnology, biotechnology, and photonic computing are implied in the article. The journal Nature is publishing the more rigorous scientific write-up of the findings."
...in Montana we have diamond-backed rattlesnakes.
"Opal on the back shell (weevil power!)"
Oh yeah, I smell a tv show here...
The Beetle That Thought It Was A Precious Stone
I think Ringo must have smoked some really bad stuff that day
For using "nano" three different ways in six different places, the author should opalogize.
Operator, give me the number for 911!
Yes, but was this submitted to an English teacher or a scientific community?
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I thought it was spelled 'biotch'. Move along, nothing to see here. Apologies. My bad. I take it back.
"Implications for research into nanotechnology, biotechnology, and photonic computing are implied in the article."
A blog like any other.
Any mouse has 'em... they tend to grow on the front :-)
How else do you think they feed the baby mice?
Perhaps you'd be better to look at rats to satisfy some of your cravings?
Where's the dividend in opal? What we need is a crack beetle. Get to it, Aussies!
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So you have reptiles that look like tree bark, butterflies that look like snake eyes, and bugs that look like expensive rocks.
Now that's teh funny!
Actually, it would work quite well if your primary predator was the adult, married male (homo sapiens desperatus). Viceroy butterflies avoid being eaten by looking like poisonous Monarchs. A bird that takes a bite out of a Monarch is highly unlikely to even attempt a Viceroy. Similarly, these bugs would avoid being picked up by curious males, since we've picked up shiny rocks before and been hurt in the hip pocket.
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