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Red sea urchin 'almost immortal'
BBC News ^
| Monday, 24 November, 2003
| Dr David Whitehouse
Posted on 11/26/2003 7:03:23 AM PST by presidio9
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posted on
11/26/2003 7:03:23 AM PST
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
Good, I want one. Finally a pet I can keep and get attached to. Plus, it sounds like they make a tasty treat. Maybe I need two.
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posted on
11/26/2003 7:08:23 AM PST
by
NYFriend
To: presidio9
Ping me when you can inject a cocktail of the relevant DNA carried by a retrovirus into a human and double his life expectancy. Oh...did I also mention I want a sure bet, none of this turning into a half man/half red sea urchin crap.
To: PropheticZero
That would make for a much less exciting movie than The Fly, and come to think of it The Fly wasn't all that exciting.
To: PropheticZero
And a second family at age 100. Better move that retirement age way back.
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posted on
11/26/2003 7:12:18 AM PST
by
MarMema
To: PropheticZero
But spines! I mean spines!!! Plus living for 200 years; that makes it much better than my hedgehog DNA plan.
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posted on
11/26/2003 7:13:25 AM PST
by
NYFriend
To: presidio9
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posted on
11/26/2003 7:16:51 AM PST
by
Capt. Tom
(Anything done in moderation shows a lack of interest. - Capt. Tom)
To: NYFriend
hedgehog DNA
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posted on
11/26/2003 7:18:43 AM PST
by
presidio9
(protectionism is a false god)
To: presidio9
Practically immortal? Is that the same as practically alive? Sea urchins are practically immobile, for certain.
To: presidio9
Damn. I was just getting ready to post ol' Ron!
LOL!
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posted on
11/26/2003 7:19:35 AM PST
by
Constitution Day
(I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
To: hellinahandcart
And they don't barf on the carpet.
...ducking...
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posted on
11/26/2003 7:21:52 AM PST
by
sauropod
("Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt")
To: presidio9; Constitution Day
LOL
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posted on
11/26/2003 7:37:15 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(_____oooo_(_°_¿_°_)_oooo_____)
To: sauropod
They're not much fun to sleep with, though.
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posted on
11/26/2003 7:39:37 AM PST
by
hellinahandcart
(okay, I have a freeping problem)
To: presidio9
I always thought it looked (and tasted) like baby poop.
To: presidio9
Where's the obligatory picture of Helen Thomas?
To: presidio9
"Red Sea Urchin 'Almost Immortal'"
"However, the spherical echinoderms became valuable in the 1970s when the US sold them to Japan, where their sex organs were considered a delicacy. "
"Did someone say 'Uni'?!?!"
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posted on
11/26/2003 7:47:57 AM PST
by
Itzlzha
(The avalanche has already started...it is too late for the pebbles to vote!)
To: Constitution Day
their sex organs were considered a delicacy. I was just getting ready to post ol' Ron!
These two sentences provide for an unsavory juxtiposition.
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posted on
11/26/2003 7:49:49 AM PST
by
Jim Cane
(With their big soviet hats atop tiny pinheads, commies scream "troll" hoping you won't notice.)
To: presidio9
The oldest Geoduck (pronounced gooey-duck) ever found was about 176 years old. The geoduck is a real funny looking critter - imagine a 3 pound clam with a giant phallic siphon tube that spends it's entire live buried under the sand. Good eating, too.
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posted on
11/26/2003 7:53:13 AM PST
by
adam_az
(.)
To: presidio9
Immortal ... until it shows up as sushi.
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posted on
11/26/2003 7:53:42 AM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(Help Bring Colly-fornia Back!)
To: Slicksadick
I always thought it looked (and tasted) like baby poop.
Super fresh sea urchin tastes mild and sweet. If it tastes like poop, return it. It's not popular in the states, and tends to age in the sushi chef's fridge.
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posted on
11/26/2003 7:55:09 AM PST
by
adam_az
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