Thousands of customers without power - Now with 100% MORE CRAB

ChrisReid said:
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It was breaking news on the local channel in Houston. Never seen such widespread power outage in our area without a storm.
 
That's nothing compared to the big New York power outage two years ago
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/08/14/power.outage/

Let's change the thread subject to something more exciting.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/15/AR2005061502231.html

Part Male, Part Female, Fully Mysterious
Dual-Sex Crab Found in Bay Could Yield Clues to Species' Genetics and Mating Habits

Kimberly Reece, a scientist at the institute, said the crab's condition probably resulted from what she called a "chromosomal mishap" shortly after it was conceived. As the cells began to divide, at one point a sex chromosome was lost or changed -- and as a result, the two halves developed according to different genetic blueprints, she said.

That means the crab could help scientists understand a crab's genetics and early development, which remain mysterious despite the creature's ubiquity around the Chesapeake.

"At what point in its development is its gender fixed?" asked Romuald N. Lipcius, a crab expert at the institute.

There are other questions: Can the crab reproduce? Can it mate with itself? Mating season has come and gone for this year, Lipcius said.

"It's possible that it already mated with itself," he said.

Before turning over the crab to the scientists, Johnson and other watermen conducted their own experiment into its sex life, with bewildering results. They dropped a female crab, which was just about ready to mate, into its tank.

First, the half-and-half crab cradled the female under his legs, as a male crab would do in preparation for mating.

Then, the crab seemed to lose interest in the female and let her go, Johnson said.

Then a day later . . .

"He ate half of her," Johnson said.
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ChrisReid said:
That's nothing compared to the big New York power outage two years ago
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/08/14/power.outage/

Let's change the thread subject to something more exciting.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/15/AR2005061502231.html
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I remember the 2003 power outage. I knew some people in New York when the power went out. They were in the subway that time. Those dual sex animals are called hermaphordites. Really interesting about crabs. I knows worms are like that. Ever seen the Japanese spider crab? They are like 5 feet tall. I have seen them and they are scary. :eek: Spider crabs can have claws spanning 12 feet.

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Our Little Spider Crab Friend
 
Back when I was a boy they made a huge deal about Japan donating a tank of Spider Crabs to the National Zoo's Invertebrate House. It was in all the newspapers, and I went and saw them when they arrived. They were really impressive, and I went to see them all the time... until one day when I went to the zoo they were all dead and stored on shelves in the back.
 
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