Snail over at A Snail’s Eye View, one of the best blogs on the triple -W, casts a firm vote for the Mollusks. Snail reminds also reminds us that Google delineates a clear winner. Arthropods also suck. And just in case Peter and Kevin get a little confused and start thinking about corals. For a recap of everyone’s stance…
Mollusca:
Cephalopodcast
Snail’s Eye View
DSN 1, 2 , 3, & 4.
Crustaceans:
DSN (thanks to that traitor Kevin)
Not Exactly Rocket Science To Figure Out Mollusks Are Better
Echinoderms:
Dr Joan Bushwell’s Refuge For Invertebrates That Suck
The Intersucktion
A Blog Around Something Or Other
Craig McClain is the Executive Director of the Lousiana University Marine Consortium. He has conducted deep-sea research for 20 years and published over 50 papers in the area. He has participated in and led dozens of oceanographic expeditions taken him to the Antarctic and the most remote regions of the Pacific and Atlantic. Craig’s research focuses on how energy drives the biology of marine invertebrates from individuals to ecosystems, specifically, seeking to uncover how organisms are adapted to different levels of carbon availability, i.e. food, and how this determines the kinds and number of species in different parts of the oceans. Additionally, Craig is obsessed with the size of things. Sometimes this translated into actually scientific research. Craig’s research has been featured on National Public Radio, Discovery Channel, Fox News, National Geographic and ABC News. In addition to his scientific research, Craig also advocates the need for scientists to connect with the public and is the founder and chief editor of the acclaimed Deep-Sea News (http://deepseanews.com/), a popular ocean-themed blog that has won numerous awards. His writing has been featured in Cosmos, Science Illustrated, American Scientist, Wired, Mental Floss, and the Open Lab: The Best Science Writing on the Web.
Wait, I thought it was the Poriferans that sucked.
And DSN bounces off the ropes, grabs Bushwell’s and chomps hard! But he’s ambushed! Ambushed! Rocket Science trips DSN, and Bushwell rolls on top, grabs the hair, and bounces his chin off the floor!
There goes bell.
Stay tuned for the next round of Invertebrate wresting.
It’s simply the natural order of things.
It’s probably fair to say that Sheril is the best thing that holothurians have going for them at this point… :)
Ehem…MICROBES kick everyone’s butt at 4,110,000:
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=microbes&word2=mollusca
Maybe this is simply an indication that those who study echinoderms have better things to do (like real research) than waste their time blogging or discussing the wonders of echinoderms online.
No, Its just a vindication of their inferiority. If they thought so highly of their study organisms, they would be spreading their love for and knowledge of their spiny-skinned objects of affection.
And who is wasting time by reading blogs? ahem…
Well, I’m not studying echinoderms currently and unfortunately. I’m studying the effects of estrogen on guinea pig and mouse brains; therefore, I have lots of time on my hands for distractions of the marine kind.
So, if we were going with tunicates here, could we use their Phylum? ’cause if we can, I somehow get the feeling they might trounce y’all. TUNICATA 4EVAH!
Take your tunicate comments elsewhere, they are not welcomed here
Oh yeah, I’m bringing it right back at ya, big guy
I’ve noticed this Mollusca vs. Echinodermata fight as well, and have posted my vote for Echinoderms at
http://biojournalism.com/81-echinoderms-vs-mollusks.html