May 25 2012

Friday Cephalopod: And I would name him Sandy

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Cephalopods, Organisms

by PZ Myers

(via Jared)

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pentatomid

25 May 2012 at 7:30 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Sandy huh? Hmmm… I would have gone with Andrew Gogglesworth McDune, but okay.
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Rev. BigDumbChimp

25 May 2012 at 7:46 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Bestiality post!

Sicko
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StevoR

25 May 2012 at 7:58 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Really? I think in the Aussie vernacular “Rocky” would be the obvious chocie of nym!

(Just to muddy the waters!)
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StevoR

25 May 2012 at 8:00 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

@1. pentatomid :

Sandy huh? Hmmm… I would have gone with Andrew Gogglesworth McDune,

McDune – is that a meat dune with nice buns?

(Is there any sort of dune besides a sand dune btw?)
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StevoR

25 May 2012 at 8:03 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

.. And as soon as I click submit for that I think of the dunes on Titan. Made of complex tholins / ethane / organics~ish / who knows what exactly but NOT silicon rich material. Durnnit. Murphy’s law.
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Erülóra Maikalambe

25 May 2012 at 8:23 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

My spawn turns two tomorrow. She surprised me the other day by correctly identifying a drawing of an octopus. I’d never heard her say it before. It was a little drawing on the back of one of her books, where they advertise other books by the same publisher. She just spontaneously pointed to it and said “opopus!” I assume it’s something she learned at day care.
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pentatomid

25 May 2012 at 8:46 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

McDune – is that a meat dune with nice buns?

What? Good heavens no. It’s just that he’s from the McDune clan of the Lommel Sahara*.
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busterggi

25 May 2012 at 9:05 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Does he say, “Arf!”?
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andusay

25 May 2012 at 9:24 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Isn’t Sandy the name of Little Orphan Annie’s dog? I see a revision in the Play and movie. Annie’s Squid. Definitely make it more interesting.
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andusay

25 May 2012 at 9:24 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Buster beat me to it!
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Randomfactor

25 May 2012 at 9:56 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

(Is there any sort of dune besides a sand dune btw?)

An explorer who lived on the moon
with the help of the juice of the prune
two flexible trowels
and some badly-stained towels
created his very own Dune.

(Not mine, from a years-ago contest. But I can take some credit, so I expropriate gleefully.)
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Glen Davidson

25 May 2012 at 10:35 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

.. And as soon as I click submit for that I think of the dunes on Titan. Made of complex tholins / ethane / organics~ish / who knows what exactly but NOT silicon rich material. Durnnit. Murphy’s law.

Sand needn’t be silicon-rich. So I don’t know if the dunes on Titan are composed of particles that are “sand sized” or not.

Silt dunes are mentioned on earth, and Googling shows that dunes on Mars are sometimes called “silt dunes,” which sounds correct, since I doubt that sand is at all abundant on Mars, while small silt-sized particles are. A quick search didn’t find “silt dunes” on Titan, but those could, for all I know, also be silt dunes.

Glen Davidson
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StevoR

25 May 2012 at 10:36 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

@ 11. Randomfactor : Love it. Cheers!
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StevoR

25 May 2012 at 10:38 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

@12. Glen Davidson :

Sand needn’t be silicon-rich.

It needn’t?

Okay, that’s news to me. I thought being silicate was part of the definition.

Guess that’s my something new learnt for today – cheers.
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Glen Davidson

25 May 2012 at 10:44 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Yes, coral sands aren’t rare, and gypsum sand exists at White Sands NM.

Glen Davidson
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Amphiox

25 May 2012 at 11:19 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Isn’t particle size the main classification criteria for sand (and distinguishing criteria with gravel, silt, and clay)? The exact composition doesn’t actually matter, other than originating from some sort of rock from some sort of erosive process?
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pentatomid

25 May 2012 at 11:52 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

It needn’t?

Okay, that’s news to me. I thought being silicate was part of the definition.

Guess that’s my something new learnt for today – cheers

Indeed. Sand only indicates a certain range in particle size.
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grumpypathdoc

25 May 2012 at 3:53 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Glen @ #15

Ah yes the White Sands of NM. Visited there way back in 1979. The stuff looks like snow and is Soooo white. Blindingly so. The kids loved it.
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lanceleuven

25 May 2012 at 5:51 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Badboy!!
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birgerjohansson

25 May 2012 at 5:58 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Sandy… Is this a relative?

“Spitting Image – Randy Andy” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwexhQ-92ws
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DLC

25 May 2012 at 8:28 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

“pay no attention to the lack of granular appearance, I’m just part of this here sand hill. just laying here, like the other rocks, waiting for dinner . . . “
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yubal

25 May 2012 at 10:08 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

LoL!

Sandy. That’s awesome!
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sparks

26 May 2012 at 1:25 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

That is soooooooo cute.

Are they good sauteed in olive oil?
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scottjordan

26 May 2012 at 2:30 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

“Oh, I get it. She’s Sandy. That’s her name, and she’s also covered in… yes!” – SpongeBob SquarePants
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Xavier Ninnis

26 May 2012 at 5:29 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Lorna Dune? :,(
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F

26 May 2012 at 7:08 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

StevoR

Yes, sand is defined entirely by grain size. your standard modern western table salt is sand.

Here’s an example of a chart:
http://www.pilbarageology.com.au/product_images/p/392/untitled__17034_zoom.JPG

A soil size chart beyond sand:
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/mg/gardennotes/214.html

A go-to site for things arenaceous:
http://throughthesandglass.typepad.com/through_the_sandglass/
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Sandiseattle

26 May 2012 at 1:31 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Really? I think he looks more like a Peter, or maybe a Gregg. :-)
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'Tis Himself

26 May 2012 at 3:24 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

And I would name him Sandy

I’m gonna love him, and hug him, and pet him, and call him ~~George~~ Sandy.