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Stanford news article on a Nature Physics paper regarding how tiny starfish larvae employ a complex and previously unknown survival mechanism involving whorls of water that either bring food to them or speed them away to better feeding grounds.
There is a beautiful hand drawn image of the vortices at the top of the article but this YouTube video showing the actual larvae swim and feed is like screen saver in places.
Nature is cool, evolution is weird.
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 28 2016, @11:50AM
Yeah sure it's amazing and all, how starfish larvae can make tools out of water.
But the real issue here is, who the hell uses screensavers anymore?? Go back to 1999, grandpa. The future isn't like the Matrix, and you can't hack your way to world domination. You still need MONEY. Zuck beat your old ass at the money game, idiot, by advertising shit to morons. Now go jack off to dripping green symbols and have a fucking aneurysm.
(Score: 3, Touché) by rts008 on Wednesday December 28 2016, @12:24PM
LOL! I'm glad to see the results of my urinating in your Cheerios. Dr. Langsford now owes me $5 on our little wager!
*goes back to watching the pretty swirls on my screensaver*
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 28 2016, @11:47PM
One need not use something to recognise it. For example, I don't use douches, but I recognise one.