Pistol shrimp will fuck you up!

[Cainad (dec.)]

It's the Christian ideologues embedded in the upper end of the corporate structure of Discovery Channel. (Srsly, it takes a lot of paying attention, especially to the commercials that run between programs, but it's definitely there.)

no way


I'm going to have to start paying attention to the Discovery Channel now.

[Payne]

I seem to recall Stephen Fry telling me that a layer of these shrimp (or something like them) was the loudest thing in the ocean by some margin.

I do not question Stephen Fry.

[Cain]

It's the Christian ideologues embedded in the upper end of the corporate structure of Discovery Channel. (Srsly, it takes a lot of paying attention, especially to the commercials that run between programs, but it's definitely there.)

Who in particular do you have in mind?  I know Discovery is owned by the same people who own a lot of health industry related products, and Advance Publications, whose main focus seems to be lifestylism magazines, but I'm finding little in the way of corporate evidence.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

could we also get them to explosively shit themselves, so that they don't have to be deveined?
there's some caterpillar that shoots it's feces as a defense mechanism (help please, Kai?)  perhaps we can use some transgenics here...

I know of caterpillars that hold their feces in a ball at the end of their abdomens and attempt to present them at any would be predators.

There's also sea cucumbers that void their intestines (yes, their intestines, not just the contents) to confuse predators.

PROLAPSE!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Discovery channel is like the tabloid news of science brodcasting.

This.  Mythbusters is probably their most educational show, which is saying something.

Yeah.  It says "BLOWING SHIT UP!" 

Shit yeah.

[Jenne]

The Discovery Channel is a front for the Christian Reich?  First I've heard of it.

And it's pretty fucking educational if you hate documentaries that show animals barely surviving, eating, fucking, etc.  If you love them, then it's probably weak.  I hate them, so it's about all I can take watching that shit for more than 20 mins.

[Telarus]

It's the Christian ideologues embedded in the upper end of the corporate structure of Discovery Channel. (Srsly, it takes a lot of paying attention, especially to the commercials that run between programs, but it's definitely there.)

Who in particular do you have in mind?  I know Discovery is owned by the same people who own a lot of health industry related products, and Advance Publications, whose main focus seems to be lifestylism magazines, but I'm finding little in the way of corporate evidence.

Aaaah, after digging around I realize that I may have misinterpreted. See: http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/07/23/discovery-channel-plays-creation-museum-ad/

Similar moments have happened to me (and repeatedly enough to examine for Lo5 bias), along with moments from certain shows. But apparently the cable company gets a certain number of minutes per month of interrupt advertising that they can stick in on any channel.

Then again:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-161022309.html?jse=0

Daily Variety   | March 7, 2007|
The combination of producer James Cameron and the subject of Christ's rediscovered burial site proved irresistible to a mass aud on Sunday night as the Discovery Channel drew 4.1 million viewers--its best number in 18 months--to "The Lost Tomb of Jesus."

Two-hour primetime spec ended up in a tie with TNT's primetime run of "The Bourne Supremacy" for No. 1 basic cable program Sunday among households.

Discovery also scored some of its best numbers ever with the special among adults 25-54 (its demo target), with 2.2 million, and 18-49, with 2.08 million.

But then this story [http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=8783] tells a different story about that special when they aired it in India.

And then there was another special in April called "Who was Jesus?" [http://www2.wspa.com/spa/news/local/article/professor_helps_discovery_channel_answer_who_was_jesus/15952/]

But considering how much they've gone towards infotainment (with Deadliest Catch and the logging shows, etc), I'm not surprised to see that type of content there.

ALSO


PISTOL SHRIMP WILL FUCK YOU UP!

[Zenpeanut]

Hey Kai, I'm working on a poster project for my Biology 160 class in college on the pistol shrimp's claw mechanism and was checking with you if it's okay to use your input on it's calcium release.

[Kai]

Hey Kai, I'm working on a poster project for my Biology 160 class in college on the pistol shrimp's claw mechanism and was checking with you if it's okay to use your input on it's calcium release.

You'd be better off researching primary information on pistol shrimp via ISI Web of Science or some similar online database. I am not a reliable citation for any publication or presentation that is more than informal. Kinda like Wikipedia.