Living a long time (relatively) is something to do with the same stuff that causes gout, I believe.
I also believe there are two reproductive strategies, and we've gone in for the caring for the young version with a vengeance. Apart from some blokes, of course... On 16 February 2014 11:16, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/15/2014 2:17 PM, Russell Standish wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:08:07AM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote: >> >>> On 14 Feb 2014, at 20:47, meekerdb wrote: >>> >>> On 2/14/2014 7:12 AM, Platonist Guitar Cowboy wrote: >>>> >>>> I find cuttlefish fascinating. They are social, relatively >>>> intelligent, can communicate, able to grasp and manipulate things. >>>> It seems like they were all set to become the dominant large life >>>> form (instead of humans). >>>> >>> A mystery: they don't live a long time. Usually "intelligence" go >>> with a rather long life, but cuttlefishes live one or two years. >>> >> Yes - I find that surprising also. >> > > Which is not doubt related to having only one clutch of young. But I > wonder what is the evolutionary and physiological reason for that? > > Brent > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
