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TreasonousBastard

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2. Doesn't surprise me at all. We've known for...

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Wed Nov 1, 2023, 02:39 PM

Nov 2023

years that nerve bundles at the bases of the arms were brain-like, but didn't seem to know what to do with the knowledge, it was so bizarre.

Now we're asking what deviousness in evolution causes this...

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Starfish 'arms' are actually extensions of their head, scientists say [View all] Jilly_in_VA Nov 2023 OP

Wow Lunabell Nov 2023 #1

Doesn't surprise me at all. We've known for... TreasonousBastard Nov 2023 #2

As you observed, "Now we're asking what deviousness in evolution causes this..." sanatanadharma Nov 2023 #4

They still have an anus -- they've just evolved into total buttheads (nt) William Seger Nov 2023 #3

Wow! Wonderfully unexpected! Judi Lynn Nov 2023 #5

Perhaps not so surprising, if you consider they are related to crinoids and blastoids .... eppur_se_muova Nov 2023 #6