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: greygirlbeast (greygirlbeast) wrote,
2008-10-30 17:43:00

greygirlbeast
greygirlbeast
2008-10-30 17:43:00

Location: Pandorae Fretum
Mood: ancient
Music: The Smashing Pumpkins, "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans"

Addendum: Eight arms to hold you.

Just came across this article on an anigmatic new taxon from the Ediacaran, reporting the discovery of the eight-armed organism Eoandromeda octobrachiata from China and Australia. The article isn't very well written, but it's a gorgeous little beastie. You can also read the abstract from the actual paper in Geology (in which the creature was described) here.

Eoandromeda octobrachiata

Tags: paleo

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"And when he lets go half the valley shakes."

A strange day. Sunny and very warm. Maybe our warmest day of the year so far. We reached 82˚F, with a heat index of 84˚F. It won't last. All my work…
"Execution of bitterness. Message received loud and clear."

Mostly cloudy today, with a high of 79˚F. It is currently 66˚F. This morning I wrote 1,033 words on a piece I'm calling "The Man Who Loved What…
A Worm Named Percy

Sunny today. We should see 72˚F. Much warmer weather is on the way. Outside, all the world is green. I've begun reading Boris Pasternak's Doctor…

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Addendum: Eight arms to hold you.

"And when he lets go half the valley shakes."

"Execution of bitterness. Message received loud and clear."

A Worm Named Percy

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"And when he lets go half the valley shakes."

"Execution of bitterness. Message received loud and clear."

A Worm Named Percy