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11/28/2011 03:57:26 PM · #26 |
Originally posted by sinistral_leo:
I had the idea to put a rose across a laying down girl's rear for this challenge, but I couldn't find a girl's rear, So then I was going to shave my own and pass it off as a girl's and name the shot "Butt-any" but decided against it. probably a good idea I passed... |
omg the fatal, possibly terminal, attraction of bad puns.... |
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11/28/2011 04:09:27 PM · #27 |
Originally posted by EL-ROI:
Originally posted by dandavis:
Would hate to think what you could do with the subject of Astrology! |
buh-dum-bum! |
LOLOLOL! Trapped inside my 39 year old body is a 13 year old, evidently. |
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11/28/2011 05:07:54 PM · #28 |
Originally posted by mefnj:
Originally posted by sinistral_leo:
Originally posted by mefnj:
Speaking as a microbiologist ... Although it may be a widely held belief, fungi (including mushrooms, etc.) are NOT plants, and belong to an entirely different kingdom. I would call a photo of such DNMC in this challenge |
Originally posted by Wikipedia:
Botany, plant science(s), or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses |
Really? DNMC?? I beg to differ... |
true algae ARE plants (but not cyanobacteria or "blue-green alge"... that is the realm of microbiolgy/bacteriology), so wiki got it partly correct.
not to belabor the issue, but note the PAST TENSE of the second sentence ("traditionally also included")... Wikipedia usually cannot be considered definitive. Look at what the Encyclopedia Britanicca states:
"botany, branch of biology that deals with the study of plants, including their structure, properties, and biochemical processes. Also included are plant classification and the study of plant diseases and of interactions with the environment. The principles and findings of botany have provided the base for such applied sciences as agriculture, horticulture, and forestry. //www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/75034/botany
i only bring up the point b/c fungi have been misidentified as "plants" (or as "not animals" as the Wiki text has it). but mycology is the study of fungi, and virology is the study of viruses. botany is the study of plants. |
And how would you folks classify a nudibranch ("sea slug") which can survive entirely on the energy produced by the photosynthetic activity of its chlorplasts? Funny how Nature continually refuses to cooperate with our apparently overwhelming desire to create classifications with rigid boundaries ... |
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11/28/2011 07:15:49 PM · #29 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by mefnj:
Originally posted by sinistral_leo:
Originally posted by mefnj:
Speaking as a microbiologist ... Although it may be a widely held belief, fungi (including mushrooms, etc.) are NOT plants, and belong to an entirely different kingdom. I would call a photo of such DNMC in this challenge |
Originally posted by Wikipedia:
Botany, plant science(s), or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses |
Really? DNMC?? I beg to differ... |
true algae ARE plants (but not cyanobacteria or "blue-green alge"... that is the realm of microbiolgy/bacteriology), so wiki got it partly correct.
not to belabor the issue, but note the PAST TENSE of the second sentence ("traditionally also included")... Wikipedia usually cannot be considered definitive. Look at what the Encyclopedia Britanicca states:
"botany, branch of biology that deals with the study of plants, including their structure, properties, and biochemical processes. Also included are plant classification and the study of plant diseases and of interactions with the environment. The principles and findings of botany have provided the base for such applied sciences as agriculture, horticulture, and forestry. //www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/75034/botany
i only bring up the point b/c fungi have been misidentified as "plants" (or as "not animals" as the Wiki text has it). but mycology is the study of fungi, and virology is the study of viruses. botany is the study of plants. |
And how would you folks classify a nudibranch ("sea slug") which can survive entirely on the energy produced by the photosynthetic activity of its chlorplasts? Funny how Nature continually refuses to cooperate with our apparently overwhelming desire to create classifications with rigid boundaries ... |
buh-dum-bum!! ;) |
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11/28/2011 07:22:59 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
And how would you folks classify a nudibranch ("sea slug") which can survive entirely on the energy produced by the photosynthetic activity of its chlorplasts? Funny how Nature continually refuses to cooperate with our apparently overwhelming desire to create classifications with rigid boundaries ... |
I would classify it as pretty awesome looking!
Nudibranch |
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