What rumor? We are serious about such things. It is more likely this type of voracious mollusk swallowed the meteoroid by mistake, and then ended up with a blockage in its' bowel that just wouldn't clear.
Most of the bulky mollusk in those days probably could take a direct impact hit...almost like water off its' back you might say. I like the swallowing theory a little more. Feeling the same pain on occasion, John > Hi, > > Omigod! The Nakhla Mollusk! Did anyone actually see this Mollusk > being struck by the meteorite? Or is this merely a hysterical rumor > being spread far and wide in the Mollusk community? > > Sterling K. Webb > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Pekka Savolainen wrote: > > > If the odds were not bent enough, > > it appears that the meteorite hit an > > Ordovician mollusk > > which is fossilized in conjunction with the meteorite! > > (Spratt and Stephens, 1992, p.53) > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
