
21 Aug
2003
21 Aug
'03
11:12 p.m.
The natural enemy in this case would be the filefish or the angelfish who eat the sponges... Scott C. McGrath On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, David Meyer wrote:
I'm still waiting for the discovery of its natural enemy, the Backhoeiosaur.
All kidding aside, my concern is that it's natural enemy has just found it.
It's such a wonderful example of how exquisite nature is as a designer and builder of complex systems," said Geri Richmond, a chemist and materials scientist at the University of Oregon who wasn't involved in the study.
"We can draw it on paper and think about engineering it but we're in the stone age compared to nature," she said.
That much seems clear.
Dave