Re: Sea sponge builds a better glass fiber

[Scott McGrath <mcgrath () fas harvard edu>]

The natural enemy in this case would be the filefish or the angelfish who
eat the sponges...

                            Scott C. McGrath

On Thu, 21 Aug 2003, David Meyer wrote:

> > > I'm still waiting for the discovery of its natural enemy, the Backhoeiosaur.
>
>       All kidding aside, my concern is that it's natural enemy
>       has just found it.
>
> > > It's such a wonderful example of how exquisite nature is as a
> > > designer and builder of complex systems," said Geri Richmond, a
> > > chemist and materials scientist at the University of Oregon who
> > > wasn't involved in the study.
> > >
> > > "We can draw it on paper and think about engineering it but
> > > we're in the stone age compared to nature," she said.
>
>       That much seems clear.
>
>       Dave