Says Daniel Dennett: “The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn’t need its brain anymore so it eats it!” Image Credit: Jan Messersmith

Says Daniel Dennett: “The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn’t need its brain anymore so it eats it!”

Image Credit: Jan Messersmith

  1. Camera: Canon PowerShot G10
  2. Aperture: f/4
  3. Exposure: 1/60th
  4. Focal Length: 28mm
  1. 2nd September 2011
  2. Notes: 45
    3. #biology #brain #daniel dennett #sea squirt #tunicate #sea life
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    This made me laugh. I think...was the exclamation mark that did it.
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    Hmmm. So lets eat our brain??
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    this is why they are chordatas!
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