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What I Want to Study in Grad School

Thesis Title: "An Investigation of Every Cool Biotic and Abiotic Component of Earth and the Universe"

Well, now I'm actually in grad school, and I study spiders!

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  • Early Arthropod Ancestor :Walking Cactus

    Diania cactiformis is a 520 million year old organism with 20 legs, and possibly the closest relative to arthropods. Its body is soft, while its legs are hard and covered in spines. Though it doesn’t appear to have eyes, a mouth, or a head, it does have jointed legs.

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/02/23/meet-diania-the-walking-cactus-an-early-cousin-of-lifes-great-winners/

    Tagged: paleontology fossils Cambrian

    Posted on January 31, 2012 with 86 notes

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      WHAT.
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      COOL
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      Authors would do well to study prehistoric creatures. All of them are strange enough to be aliens.
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      When I saw Walking Cactus in the title my first thought was: I’m happy my brain was wrong. Hahahaha…..
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      OH MY GOD SCIENCE IS SO COOL FOSSILS ARE SO COOL WEIRD ANCIENT CREATURES ARE SO COOL OH MY GOD OH MY GOD
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