> Two entries on the list are fish. While one is alive and swimming, the other
> is a fossil of a fish giving birth some 380 million years ago. It was found
> by John Long who nicknamed his discovery "Josie," as a tribute to his
> mother.

This is John Long in Perth, Orstoilia? I know him.

> Scientists say a species of snail (Opisthostoma vermiculum) found in
> Malaysia represents a "unique morphological evolution." Its shell twists
> around four axes.

I believe that Opithostoma coils around more axes than that... and
none of them are straight!

And did anyone know what the largest organism known is? It's a tree...
no, not a Sequioa... it's the common ol' Populus of the Rockies... you
see 'em creating light-green zigzag lines up mountainsides among the
darker conifers... the lines are because the trees are not individuals
but parts of a single plant.

--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut

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