Terry, I told my husband about that headless snake;
he's interested in
everything outdoorsy - His comment was "maybe their
brain is in their tail" :)
He's been bitten by a rattler so he has a lot of
respect for snakes. judyt
From: Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks David, for the explanation. The Lord sure made a diversity of life forms, huh? I am going to start raising rabbits in an area behind the house (the demand at present exceeds the supply), and under the rabbit cages, I have built worm beds to catch the rabbit droppings and use them to raise fishing worms. While reading up on worms, I learned that they do not have lungs. They breath through their skin. I guess that is why you never hear one cough. Terry P.S. Vee and I have a dear friend that is a marine biologist at the national aquairium in Baltimore. A strong Christian believer. When we met, he was doing research on lemon sharks in the Keys, and while commercial fishing,I happened to catch some of the sharks he had tagged. I am sure you would enjoy meeting him.... and he would enjoy meeting you.. David Miller wrote
Hi Terry. My formal graduate level education is actually with snakes. My Master's >thesis concerned foraging in the mangrove water snake.
> >Neural activity in animals is not just in the brain, but also >centralized in other areas. In simple animals, there is less >distinction of a brain and the neurology actually looks like several >brains along the spinal chord. In more complex animals like man, you >will find more of a neural center in the head, which we call the brain. >Nevertheless, even in man, much of the autonomic functions are not >located in the brain, but in the actual spinal column itself. Have you >ever heard of the "solar plexus"? Fighters know it as the area just >below the rib cage that can cause a man to lose consciousness if hit >hard enough. It is a concentration of neural cells that help regulate >certain bodily functions. There are other masses of neurons along the >spinal column too, most often associated with involuntary activities of >the body, such as breathing and heart beat. > >Snakes don't really have a big brain, so when you cut off their head, >their body continues to wreathe and wiggle and perhaps strike. > >Peace be with you. >David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida. > >---------- >"Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org > >If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. > > > > ----------
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