Darwin was right!

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Darwin was right!

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Evolution ("Survival of the fattest") does move at a snail's pace.
http://www.geekosystem.com/snail-eats-worm/
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Yikes!
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HansV wrote:Yikes!
Yes!
(And one of his big "things" was the lowly earthworm, which has made all our soil, from whence(?) all we eat ...)
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Puts me right off escargot!
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BobH wrote:Puts me right off escargot!
Here's the sound track (attached)
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Sadly I am currently behind a firewall that won't let me watch this one. The descriptions sound delightful.
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StuartR wrote:Sadly I am currently behind a firewall that won't let me watch this one. The descriptions sound delightful.
Try http://www.mostwatchedtoday.com/tag/snail-eats-worm/?
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I tried, but this is a particularly comprehensive firewall.
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StuartR wrote:I tried, but this is a particularly comprehensive firewall.
Well, Stuart.
This is your lucky day.
I have an opening here for a bright young man ...
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StuartR wrote:I tried, but this is a particularly comprehensive firewall.
OK.

Try http://www.chrisgreaves.com/Downloads/wmv.zip (5MB)
or failing that
http://www.chrisgreaves.com/Downloads/mpg.zip (25MB)
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I am surprised that this very under used smiley has not been used yet :snail:
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Jezza wrote:I am surprised that this very under used smiley has not been used yet :snail:
We were all waiting for the right :thyme:
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I will be going home tomorrow, no more chopsticks and proper access to the internet.
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StuartR wrote:I will be going home tomorrow, no more chopsticks
You poor thing!
I've never eaten worms without chopsticks.
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I am now home and I have just watched this video. It looks surprisingly like some of the meals that I was offered this month!
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Welcome back home! Enjoy the mushy peas!
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I might make a reply to the thread on cakes and dieting, I have lost 5 kg in three weeks, and that was without "going on a diet"
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