They’re trying to grow hands!

Language Log 2013-09-10

Summary:

Once they can hold a shotgun, we’re doomed. Or the octopuses are. One annoying thing is that the news report keeps saying it has multiple claws. No, it does not. It has two big chelipeds, the correct number, and it has a number of walking claws or pereiopods that look about right. The left cheliped …

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Link:

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/09/10/theyre-trying-to-grow-hands/

From feeds:

Gudgeon and gist » Pharyngula

Tags:

organisms weirdness

Authors:

PZ Myers

Date tagged:

09/10/2013, 13:30

Date published:

09/10/2013, 13:20