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What is this?
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Rudi
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Re: What is this?
A seaweed polyp?
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Re: What is this?
Its the plug that keeps the ocean from draining out?
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Re: What is this?
It's an image, Hans!HansV wrote:
If you want to be specific, it's a JPG image.
Really! :John Cleese tsk-tsk as uttered by Manuel with a toss-of-the-head:
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Re: What is this?
A cuttlefish of the order Sepiida?
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Re: What is this?
Aha...it's a...
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Shark egg.
Either a Port Jackson shark or a Horn shark.
I found this article...and other finds indicate the shark species that produce this form of egg.
Either a Port Jackson shark or a Horn shark.
I found this article...and other finds indicate the shark species that produce this form of egg.
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Re: What is this?
Wow, Rudi! I'm impressed!
Tell us how you found that answer, please.
Tell us how you found that answer, please.
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Re: What is this?
Bit of a lucky break...
I was searching Google pictures and used a variety of descriptive terms.
I was searching Google pictures and used a variety of descriptive terms.
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Hans's original image shows particles around the image, so I figured it was in water.
Searching for ocean and screw was natural but I only got a hit on a similar image when I added shark, which was my lucky break...
Searching for ocean and screw was natural but I only got a hit on a similar image when I added shark, which was my lucky break...
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Re: What is this?
Rudi, that's correct. Have a shark egg, I mean, have a 
The picture I posted is from Oddest Eggs of the Animal Kingdom.
The picture I posted is from Oddest Eggs of the Animal Kingdom.
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Re: What is this?
Yum.. (for the choccie, that it!)
From your NatGeo page...another link to Insect eggs... Some must be the inspiration for many sci-fi movies, like life pods and cryogenic chambers, etc...
From your NatGeo page...another link to Insect eggs... Some must be the inspiration for many sci-fi movies, like life pods and cryogenic chambers, etc...
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Re: What is this?
Oh, you can see that at long last I am embracing this new technologyHansV wrote:Brilliant, Chris! Absolutely brilliant!
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