Comments on: IRFD report http://bioephemera.com/2007/09/03/irfd-report/ the art of biology & the biology of art Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:53:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: carmelblack http://bioephemera.com/2007/09/03/irfd-report/#comment-24601 carmelblack Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:13:48 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/09/03/irfd-report/#comment-24601 just found your blog and was poking my way backwards through it... thought i'd reply because this entry reminded me of one of my own childhood "roly-poly" memories: i was finding them in my yard, and putting them in my hand, gently arcing my fingers over my cupped palm to keep them harmlessly contained as i searched for more. at one point, i opened my palm to see many timy, pink BABY roly-polys. they gave live birth! :D after making this report to my mother, she made me wash my hands (after i let the 'polys go, of course). just found your blog and was poking my way backwards through it… thought i’d reply because this entry reminded me of one of my own childhood “roly-poly” memories:

i was finding them in my yard, and putting them in my hand, gently arcing my fingers over my cupped palm to keep them harmlessly contained as i searched for more. at one point, i opened my palm to see many timy, pink BABY roly-polys. they gave live birth! :D after making this report to my mother, she made me wash my hands (after i let the ‘polys go, of course).

]]> By: mckinley http://bioephemera.com/2007/09/03/irfd-report/#comment-18904 mckinley Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:30:07 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/09/03/irfd-report/#comment-18904 in Australia we call 'em slaters in Australia we call ‘em slaters

]]> By: frankie23.com | viva la rudo » Blog Archive » Giant Isopod (Great Big Bug) http://bioephemera.com/2007/09/03/irfd-report/#comment-18098 frankie23.com | viva la rudo » Blog Archive » Giant Isopod (Great Big Bug) Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:20:50 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/09/03/irfd-report/#comment-18098 [...] Deep-Sea Giant Isopod from Coda’s Flickrstream, via bioephemera [...] [...] Deep-Sea Giant Isopod from Coda’s Flickrstream, via bioephemera [...]

]]> By: Snail http://bioephemera.com/2007/09/03/irfd-report/#comment-18050 Snail Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:41:05 +0000 http://bioephemera.com/2007/09/03/irfd-report/#comment-18050 I'm collecting rocks to 'seed' my garden for next year's event. I'm not sure if that's forward-thinking or just a bit sad. I’m collecting rocks to ‘seed’ my garden for next year’s event. I’m not sure if that’s forward-thinking or just a bit sad.

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