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    Because of the air that gives resistance?
    I could give you a more complicated explanation but the basically what I learned in school. (minus 3 chapters. )
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    Why is a perpetuum mobile impossible? Elaborate.
    I don't know the exact term for it but the overall amount of energy can not increase or decrease but remains constant.

    Thus a perpetuum mobile in the sense of an engine which creates more energy than it consumes is impossible.
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    Well since no one has asked a new question, I shall.
    What cells give Cuttlefish the ability to change color?
    (NO WIKI OR GOOGLE!)
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    Well seeing as it involves color, I would say... Pigment cells?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ratbag View Post
    Well seeing as it involves color, I would say... Pigment cells?
    Well, what TYPE of pigment cells!
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    Well, what TYPE of pigment cells!
    Melanocytes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nikos View Post
    Well, what TYPE of pigment cells!
    Well, you COULD be a little clearer in your question.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phier View Post
    Melanocytes.
    Nope, good try though.
    Well, you COULD be a little clearer in your question.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nikos View Post
    What cells give Cuttlefish the ability to change color?
    (NO WIKI OR GOOGLE!)
    Quote Originally Posted by Ratbag View Post
    Well seeing as it involves color, I would say... Pigment cells?
    Was your original question "What kind of pigment cells give Cuttlefish the ability to change color? NO!
    So don't give me that .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ratbag View Post
    Was your original question "What kind of pigment cells give Cuttlefish the ability to change color? NO!
    So don't give me that .
    Come on man, don't do that. And they're not REALLY pigment cells, they just contain pigment.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nikos View Post
    Nope, good try though.
    Bah thats the first name that popped into my head. Since I refuse to google and I know it, it WILL come to me. I have visions of color shifting squid in my head right now trying to recall it from some documentary or another.

    CHROMOPHORES!

    Edit: I think its actually Chromatophores.... close enough.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phier View Post
    Bah thats the first name that popped into my head. Since I refuse to google and I know it, it WILL come to me. I have visions of color shifting squid in my head right now trying to recall it from some documentary or another.

    CHROMOPHORES!

    Edit: I think its actually Chromatophores.... close enough.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nikos View Post
    CORRECT! It is Chromatophores! Your turn!
    It came to me after I hit to post that reply.

    Ok.......

    An easy one. Which species besides humans have true 'agriculture' and what do they grow?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Phier View Post
    It came to me after I hit to post that reply.

    Ok.......

    An easy one. Which species besides humans have true 'agriculture' and what do they grow?
    Leaf cutter ants, they grow fungus.
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    Leaf cutter ants, they grow fungus.
    Though they aren't the only other species, there are several others that I can think of, but it depends on what you consider agriculture?

    If you simply mean the growth of resources for the benefit of the species, the list is incalculably large.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nikos View Post
    Leaf cutter ants, they grow fungus.
    But WHICH fungus exactly?








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    Quote Originally Posted by Phier View Post
    But WHICH fungus exactly?








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    What feature makes this tuatara skull disticnt from a lizard skull?


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    Forward facing orbital sockets?

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