Thursday, March 15, 2012

Here's Looking at You, Squid

All Things Condsidered considers why giant and colossal squids have such large eyes.

For seeing small objects like nearby prey, it wouldn't make sense to have eyes bigger than an orange.

But, Nilsson says, if you need to see extremely large objects from a distance, "then it pays to actually make the eye a fair bit bigger."

Makes? Somebody makes them bigger? Hmmm. Wonder who?

AMDG

7 comments:

  1. Love this pun, but I love that photo more. I'm guessing it's you and a grandchild. Bellissimi.

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  2. Thanks, Dave. It's nice to see you here.

    At first I thought you meant the picture of the squid in the article. Did you look at it? It looks like something from a B horror movie.

    That is indeed I with my youngest grandchild (that can currently be seen by the public). She's 14 months old now and has a lot more hair. In about 2 months, she will no longer be the youngest.

    AMDG

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  3. I'm pretty slow sometimes. I didn't even get the headline until I saw it for the second time...and then I think I sprayed my monitor a little. That's Dawn-Eden-worthy, which is a compliment.

    It's interesting how the evolutionists can't seem to find a way around talking about intentional design.

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  4. I've been translating a text about tentacular gazes (among other things). The author really rather missed a trick.

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  5. Maclin--Well, that's a nice compliment. I really fell into it. I had written "Here's Looking at You," and was thinking--not enough--and then it Dawned on me. It was like a birthday present.

    Paul--"Tentacular gazes" may give me nightmares.

    AMDG

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  6. Oh, and yes, Maclin, that's exactly it. Somewhere deep inside, they must know things are made.

    AMDG

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