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Re: Trilobite handedness

Subject: Re: Trilobite handedness
From: "George"
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 20:18:21 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.geo.geology
"MoGeo" <maramigua@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> Maybe the  crystal refraction index of those nifty calcite eyes had
> them 'driving in circles'...like carnival bumper cars.
>
> Just kidding, of course.  As a lefty with lazy eye in the left eye, I
> do tend to have trouble walking a straight line without glasses.  I
> usually bump into things on the left side, and  tasks which require
> aiming with the good eye, and performing the action with the other arm
> (like shooting) can be fairly tricky.
>
> I too like trilobites. Remind me of really big pill bugs. Interesting
> that the morphology is so similar.  I've got a couple as necklaces, and
> we've got a number of them on shelves around the house.
>
> (off my regular ISP-- using Google as MoGeo for the next week or so. )
>
> Jo Schaper

Perhaps they were confused by the double refraction of the calcite lens.

George 



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