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- From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
- To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Homestead] Worm grunting mystery solved
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:01:01 -0700 (PDT)
Now theres a different homesteading idea. I wouldn't mind spending time with
my head in the ocean. Where is a tropical island with inexpensive living,
little government and little crime? bobford.
p.s. After you tell me the answer to the above, I'd like to hear more about
the crazy woman who raised her family in a hole in the high
desert :-) ....bobford
--- On Sat, 10/18/08, eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:
> From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Worm grunting mystery solved
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008, 11:29 AM
> Maybe the flood predicting slugs here could sense the
> river "coming down" from miles away by vibration?
> If
> anyone has read Watson's "Gifts of Unknown
> Things" which
> is based on his life on a tropical island, he talks about
> a native who could hear and predict tidal waves from
> sticking his head down into the ocean and listening.
>
> --Sage
>
> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:35:55 -0700 (PDT)
> bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Worm Grunting: A Mystery Solved
> >
> >
> >
> > By HENRY FOUNTAIN
> > Published: October 17, 2008
> >
> > .........................................
> > "The mystery has been why the vibrations should
> cause
> >worms to come to the surface. Kenneth C. Catania of
> >Vanderbilt University has provided an answer: worm
> >grunting mimics the sound of a predator, the eastern
> >American mole, causing the worms to flee topside."
>
> >.........................
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/science/21wormgrunting.html
> >
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[Homestead] Worm grunting mystery solved,
bob ford, 10/18/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Worm grunting mystery solved,
eureka, 10/18/2008
- Re: [Homestead] Worm grunting mystery solved, bob ford, 10/18/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Worm grunting mystery solved,
Wendy, 10/18/2008
- Re: [Homestead] Worm grunting mystery solved, bob ford, 10/18/2008
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Re: [Homestead] Worm grunting mystery solved,
eureka, 10/18/2008
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