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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"maff" |
| Date: |
14 Jul 2004 04:13:46 AM |
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It's all take and no give |
It's all take and no give
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=540605
Scientists used to think that mussels and fish enjoyed a mutually
beneficial relationship. A new study reveals that the truth couldn't
be more different. Simon Hadlington reports
14 July 2004
This is not one of Aesop's fables, but it might well have been: "There
were once two fish, one male and one female, who wished to find a safe
and secure place to lay their eggs and hatch their young. The male
fish saw a mussel lying at the bottom of the lake. 'You could lay your
eggs inside the mussel!' he cried. 'They would be safe and secure!' So
the two fish asked the mussel if they might lay their eggs inside it.
The mussel said: 'That is all well and good, but what do I get out of
this arrangement? What's in it for me?' 'What would you like?' asked
the fish. 'Well, you can swim and I cannot,' said the mussel. 'When my
own offspring hatch, I would like you to carry them far and wide
across the lake to find new places to live. In return for this, I will
agree to guard your eggs.'
Parasitism
http://news.google.com/news?q=Parasitism&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?q=Parasitism&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&tab=nw&sa=N
http://www.google.com/search?q=Parasitism&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&output=search&cat=gwd/Top
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=Parasitism&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
Symbiosis
http://news.google.com/news?q=Symbiosis&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?q=Symbiosis&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&tab=nw&sa=N
http://www.google.com/search?q=Symbiosis&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&output=search&cat=gwd/Top
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=Symbiosis&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
Commensalism
http://news.google.com/news?q=Commensalism&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?q=Commensalism&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&tab=nw&sa=N
http://www.google.com/search?q=Commensalism&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&output=search&cat=gwd/Top
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=Commensalism&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
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