"He must, so know the starfish and the student biologist who sits at the feet of living things, proliferate in all
directions. Having certain tendencies, he must move along their lines to the limit of their potentialities."

John Steinbeck - Log from the Sea of Cortez

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Nature, yet again

Fascinating video from Nature podcast, which I've been unable to imbed. The Gulf pipefish, it appears, is not the perfect dad that he and his relatives have been painted to be. Rather, they may selectively abort offspring they're brooding.
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