Evolution Again!

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_Ceeboo
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Morning Q! :smile:

Quasimodo wrote:
Hi friend Ceeboo.

I stayed up late (late for me) to watch it. It was great. I loved the whole 59 minutes!

Thanks!


You're welcome, sir!

You do realize that this excellent video is not helping our team Ceeboo cause. :wink:


Yea, I know! :lol:

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Ceeboo
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RACOON!





:lol:


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Re: Evolution Again!

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Ceeboo wrote:RACOON!





:lol:


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Proto-whale?
This, or any other post that I have made or will make in the future, is strictly my own opinion and consequently of little or no value.

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Quasimodo wrote:
Ceeboo wrote:RACOON!





:lol:


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Proto-whale?


WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT QUESTION!
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Ceeboo wrote:RACOON!
Bastard! Don't startle me like that. Now I'll never get to sleep.
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Re: Evolution Again!

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The hen and the egg are sitting in the waiting room of a psychiatrist.
The assistant:
- Which of you is the first?
- F### you, stupid!!!

[#img] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... _4182..jpg[/img]


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ludwigm wrote:The hen and the egg are sitting in the waiting room of a psychiatrist.
The assistant:
- Which of you is the first?
- F### you, stupid!!!

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Re: Evolution Again!

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Poor whales !!!
They should have remained in the raccoon status, living on the dry land...

http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014 ... thing-salt
Tastes are a privilege. The oral sensations not only satisfy foodies, but also on a primal level, protect animals from toxic substances. Yet cetaceans—whales and dolphins—may lack this crucial ability, according to a new study. Mutations in a cetacean ancestor obliterated their basic machinery for four of the five primary tastes, making them the first group of mammals to have lost the majority of this sensory system.

The five primary tastes are sweet, bitter, umami (savory), sour, and salty. These flavors are recognized by taste receptors—proteins that coat neurons embedded in the tongue. For the most part, taste receptor genes present across all vertebrates.

Except, it seems, cetaceans. Researchers uncovered a massive loss of taste receptors in these animals by screening the genomes of 15 species. The investigation spanned the two major lineages of cetaceans: Krill-loving baleen whales—such as bowheads and minkes—were surveyed along with those with teeth, like bottlenose dolphins and sperm whales.
http://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/e ... ml?papetoc
...whales represent the first animal group to lack four of five primary tastes, probably driven by the marine environment with high concentration of sodium, the feeding behavior of swallowing prey whole, and the dietary switch from plants to meat in the whale ancestor.

[#img] http://news.sciencemag.org/sites/defaul ... ales_1.jpg[/img]
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ludwigm wrote:Poor whales !!!
They should have remained in the raccoon status, living on the dry land...

http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014 ... thing-salt
Tastes are a privilege. The oral sensations not only satisfy foodies, but also on a primal level, protect animals from toxic substances. Yet cetaceans—whales and dolphins—may lack this crucial ability, according to a new study. Mutations in a cetacean ancestor obliterated their basic machinery for four of the five primary tastes, making them the first group of mammals to have lost the majority of this sensory system.

The five primary tastes are sweet, bitter, umami (savory), sour, and salty. These flavors are recognized by taste receptors—proteins that coat neurons embedded in the tongue. For the most part, taste receptor genes present across all vertebrates.

Except, it seems, cetaceans. Researchers uncovered a massive loss of taste receptors in these animals by screening the genomes of 15 species. The investigation spanned the two major lineages of cetaceans: Krill-loving baleen whales—such as bowheads and minkes—were surveyed along with those with teeth, like bottlenose dolphins and sperm whales.
http://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/e ... ml?papetoc
...whales represent the first animal group to lack four of five primary tastes, probably driven by the marine environment with high concentration of sodium, the feeding behavior of swallowing prey whole, and the dietary switch from plants to meat in the whale ancestor.

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Ludwigm bumps a thread that was over a year old! (I can't believe it was that long ago!)

Ohhh the fond memories! :smile:

What a GREAT thread!

Top 10 all-time, in my opinion! :smile:

RACCOON - BABY!


:lol:

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Ceeboo
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