This looks like a human brain, growing on the head of a tiny shrimp?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14232146@N08/...in/photostream/
Is this the next step in evolution, after we wipe ourselves out?
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the brain that wouldn't die
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Nothing's growing; that's what Periclimenes brevicarpalis looks like.
Cheers,
Marli
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Nothing's growing; that's what Periclimenes brevicarpalis looks like.
Cheers,
Marli
What is that thing on it's head?
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It's the brain, which is under the clear carapace.
Cheers
James
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Ewww!
thanks.
So, I definitely think they are destined to be our replacements in geological time...
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hehehe..... if a shrimp had a brain that size it would rule the world which is not the case. Worms do.
It's the stomach (divided into the cardiac & pyloric sections) which is behind the brain & may cover it. For some diagrams of internal shrimp anatomy see:
http://www.shrimpcrabsandcrayfish.co.uk/An...les/Anatomy.jpg
