State a fact about yourself!

[LovePolish2]

Quote: That's my young Cal. buck His name is Raylon

 

[Megan Amber]

Nah,I can sell really good

Teach me some marketing skills? I think I scare all the buyers away, lol.

 

[Megan Amber]

That's my young Cal. buck His name is Raylon

And he's beaut!

 

[iamjohn]

I completely agree, now I'm hungry too! They made a fanny pack so they wouldn't have to make both a pair of pants and a wallet!

How much do you bet they had some prototype pants, wallet and a members only jacket just in case the fanny pack didn't work out.

 

[Megan Amber]

How much do you bet they had some prototype pants, wallet and a members only jacket just in case the fanny pack didn't work out.

Oh, I'd bet a pretty penny they did! ROFL!!!!! A members only jacket!

 

[shadow rabbit10]

Oops, it was shrimp.  Guess I was thinking too hard about Cajun food lol.  http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15319541/...ce-science/t/scientists-put-shrimp-treadmill/

I thought it was very interesting. Thanks for sharing it! The point of the article was not to state the obvious, but to delve deeper into it. Yes, it's quite obvious that a sick shrimp will perform poorly (of course there is always that crazy possibility that it won't), but the point was to determine how exactly the illness effects performance. How much energy can the shrimp put out? How much energy can it spend before it exhausts itself? Do different diseases have different effects? It's the little, yet crucial pieces of data that the scientists are looking for. Plus, shrimp are an understudied species. Not much is known about them. As a student researcher myself, I recently performed a behavioral study on shrimp. My point is, sometimes, there is great detail hidden in the obvious, and that detail could be crucial to other studies or experiments. (Sorry for the long ramble!)

 

[iamjohn]

Oh, I'd bet a pretty penny they did! ROFL!!!!! A members only jacket!

I'm just happy the members only reference wasn't lost lol. Of course that opened the door for me to mention Z Cavaricci or Frankie Say. Maybe I just need to relax.

 

[iamjohn]

I thought it was very interesting. Thanks for sharing it! The point of the article was not to state the obvious, but to delve deeper into it. Yes, it's quite obvious that a sick shrimp will perform poorly (of course there is always that crazy possibility that it won't), but the point was to determine how exactly the illness effects performance. How much energy can the shrimp put out? How much energy can it spend before it exhausts itself? Do different diseases have different effects? It's the little, yet crucial pieces of data that the scientists are looking for. Plus, shrimp are an understudied species. Not much is known about them. As a student researcher myself, I recently performed a behavioral study on shrimp. My point is, sometimes, there is great detail hidden in the obvious, and that detail could be crucial to other studies or experiments. (Sorry for the long ramble!)

I understand the points that are being made but there needs to be a moment when it's decided that the knowledge has no practical purpose. A lot of time and money is spent on experiments that try to replicate natural situations and events as they'd occur so the data that is collected can be meaningful. I can't imagine too many times a shrimp was tuckered out on the treadmill and wondering if it was feeling a bit under the weather and if it would affect its marathon times. At some point it needs to be decided if knowing something that is more or less obvious outweighs what can be discovered by studying the unknown.

I realized after I posted my comment that it may have seemed like attitude, it wasn't meant to be. I understand and respect your opinion on the subject and thanks for your input.

 

[shadow rabbit10]

I understand the points that are being made but there needs to be a moment when it's decided that the knowledge has no practical purpose.  A lot of time and money is spent on experiments that try to replicate natural situations and events as they'd occur so the data that is collected can be meaningful.  I can't imagine too many times a shrimp was tuckered out on the treadmill and wondering if it was feeling a bit under the weather and if it would affect its marathon times.  At some point it needs to be decided if knowing something that is more or less obvious outweighs what can be discovered by studying the unknown.

I realized after I posted my comment that it may have seemed like attitude, it wasn't meant to be.  I understand and respect your opinion on the subject and thanks for your input.

No offense taken. For sure, it may not be the most important thing to study at the moment, but it can serve a purpose, even if it is just on a small scale. This study could actually be applied to the environment.

 

[MrNappy]

Well... didn't we already know this?

We, well I did, all learned that when an animal hunts it goes for the weaker, older, and unhealthy ones... we could infer that it's because the animals are slower and easier to catch...