01-29-2004, 11:24 PM | #21 |
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Amen to that!
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01-30-2004, 05:11 AM | #22 | |
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Animals do not have to do this. They can rend off chunks of flesh and swallow whole without problems; perfect for consuming a meal in the wild quickly and before either another comes to steal the food or a predator stalks by. We stopped this way of obtaining food as we evolved and so the appendix became ruduntant over 1000's of years. It would be interesting for medical practitionors to monitor the connection between appendix-related problems and foods consumed around the time of arrival. I theorize they can, given time, be re-activated if the need ever arises. If you were stranded on a desert isle and forced to forage for meat my guess is a gradually re-awakening of this function. Food for thought, eh? (pun intended).
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01-30-2004, 08:20 AM | #23 |
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of course these are all theories, there is little if any proof of these, perhaps the most proof is from similar species.
some theories on earlobes are increasing hearing etc. of course they still do have one minor or major purpose depending on how you look at it, and that is of an erogenous zone.
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01-30-2004, 09:04 AM | #24 |
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I never really thought about earlobes before
The spleen is the pancreas right?
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01-30-2004, 09:07 AM | #25 |
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I always thought the pancreas was the pancreas.
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Pancreas is responsible for several important metabolic functions, for instance insulin secretion. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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01-30-2004, 12:12 PM | #28 |
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And yes, the earlobes are an erogenous zone. AND a lovely place to put jewelry.
That's it, I'm declaring the earlobes the Official Most Important Part Of The Anatomy for the next... ::glances at watch:: Five seconds.... ::pauses:: Well, it was a fun ride while it lasted.
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