Re: [cm] nudibranch reproduction

Jeff!
It seems the possibilities of the potentiations of one's own mating
neurons
might be a worthwhile endeavor. But then one might find ones door being
covered with slugs!

"X. J. Scott" wrote:

> Hey,
>
> Y'all familiar with nudibranches? They are the colorful
> sea slugs they got in them tide pools down in La Jolla?
> Some of the big purple ones weigh several pounds.
>
> Sometimes called sea cows since they 'graze' on the
> grass.
>
> They have got the largest neurons ever found so
> neurobiologists use them for testing and their 'brain'
> such as it is is the only one that has been fully
> mapped -- all 87 neurons or whatever # it is.
>
> Anyway, does any one know much about their mating
> habits?
>
> Also, info on mating habits of other mollusks would be
> helpful as well as any advance warnings on any
> contentious issues involved in this field of study. I
> wonder if the conches have to come out of their shells
> to mate or how that works...
>
> Thanks,
>

-- Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria island
http://www.anaphoria.com

The Wandering Medicine Show
Wed. 8-9 KXLU 88.9 fm

> Jeff!

> It seems the possibilities of the potentiations of one's own
> mating neurons might be a worthwhile endeavor. But then one
> might find ones door being covered with slugs!

Kraig,

Thanks for this insightful response. I agree with you,
but the thing is that the human wetware is so complex
it will be some time before we understand it all and
upload it to a cyborg for further analysis and study.

In the meantime, we can start small to understand the
basic principles involved and build up from there. This
is part of my research with the nudibranch simulations.

- Jeff