Comments on: The Lowly Peanut Worm and Its Long Lost Relatives http://theartfulamoeba.com/2011/03/09/the-lowly-peanut-worm-and-its-long-lost-relatives/ A blog about the weird wonderfulness of life on Earth Fri, 07 Mar 2014 01:10:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.31 By: kati http://theartfulamoeba.com/2011/03/09/the-lowly-peanut-worm-and-its-long-lost-relatives/comment-page-1/#comment-1492 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 04:27:00 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=4351#comment-1492 i didn’t mean to make you think you wrote this in a confusing way! more like my little brain couldn’t wrap itself around all the ins and outs of the worms’ evolutionary timeline :) as always, i am super impressed with your posts and love seeing them pop up in my google reader!

]]> By: A Protist’s Worst Nightmare http://theartfulamoeba.com/2011/03/09/the-lowly-peanut-worm-and-its-long-lost-relatives/comment-page-1/#comment-1490 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:35:36 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=4351#comment-1490 […] are, by the way, annelids (from the last post — see the tree at the bottom) in the Clitellata with earthworms — look for the Hirudinea. Look for the earthworms just […]

]]> By: Jennifer Frazer http://theartfulamoeba.com/2011/03/09/the-lowly-peanut-worm-and-its-long-lost-relatives/comment-page-1/#comment-1482 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:01:15 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=4351#comment-1482 Thanks so much Alex and Pat — it means a lot to me to hear you say that. Helps keep me going as my eyes are drooping and fingers lagging at 11:00 at night (I’m a morning person. : ) )

]]> By: Pat Bowne http://theartfulamoeba.com/2011/03/09/the-lowly-peanut-worm-and-its-long-lost-relatives/comment-page-1/#comment-1481 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:17:34 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=4351#comment-1481 I just discovered this blog and I must say it is wonderful! It has given me the best invertebrate biology fix I’ve had for weeks — your work is thorough and delightful, and I look forward to browsing through the archives. Thanks!

]]> By: Alexandra http://theartfulamoeba.com/2011/03/09/the-lowly-peanut-worm-and-its-long-lost-relatives/comment-page-1/#comment-1478 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:13:41 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=4351#comment-1478 “It’s a peanut worm. From France.” has become a major household catchphrase for any and all potentially disgusting situations requiring explanation. You took me from third-grade-gross-out-mode to sophmore-giggle-mode to post-graduate-study-mode, all in one post. What a whirlwind ride, and thank you.

]]> By: Jennifer Frazer http://theartfulamoeba.com/2011/03/09/the-lowly-peanut-worm-and-its-long-lost-relatives/comment-page-1/#comment-1459 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:50:25 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=4351#comment-1459 What part was confusing? I’ll try to rewrite it if I can. It takes me more time than I would wish — sometimes 8-10 hours. I lose a lot of sleep getting these done sometimes. : )

On another note: I fixed the broken link to the Nature paper.

]]> By: kati http://theartfulamoeba.com/2011/03/09/the-lowly-peanut-worm-and-its-long-lost-relatives/comment-page-1/#comment-1458 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:11:05 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=4351#comment-1458 how long does it take you to write these posts up? you are so thorough! i have to admit i got a little lost on this one. and couldn’t finish my bowl of cereal after seeing that bucket of worms. but very, very cool :)

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