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Re: Trilobite handedness

Subject: Re: Trilobite handedness
From: Charles
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 20:20:20 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.geo.geology
On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 20:18:21 GMT, "George"
<george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>"MoGeo" <maramigua@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
>news:1140288068.779565.324850@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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 
>

Can I vote for Coriolis effect?

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