Excited over a bit of whale poo, bless...

[missyburd]

This scientist's day's been made, bless 'im. :lol:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7727136.stm

"It has been really exciting to nail that one."

In the first vid when he's showing us his great findings, cracked me up!

And here it is! Tip it out and there it is! That little reddy-brown soupy mixture there...

like we don't know what a bit of cr@p looks like :rolleyes:

[sv-robo]

Ohhh,miss yorkie...this is a real stinker of a thread:lol:

[Jayneflakes]

:-ddWhen I was studying for my Degree (Environmental Science) we would spend hours counting Faeces because it is a good indicator of local wild life. However after an hour or two it quickly loses its attraction, which is why I spent my final year studying Lichen and Energy. I will leave you to imagine how many turds I had in my quadrat...:-dd #-o

[hang man]

For a Big whale shark that was a pretty small pooo , wonder how big of a poo a blue whale would leave behind !!!!!
One good thing about being a fish , they never have to wipe :smt120

[missyburd]

:-ddWhen I was studying for my Degree (Environmental Science) we would spend hours counting Faeces because it is a good indicator of local wild life. However after an hour or two it quickly loses its attraction, which is why I spent my final year studying Lichen and Energy. I will leave you to imagine how many turds I had in my quadrat...:-dd #-o

yep I had a practical the other week looking at sheep faeces under the miscrosope to find schistosome eggs, so exhilarating.... not.

[dizzyblonde]

This thread is really cr&p :smt120

[startrek.steve]

I will leave you to imagine how many turds I had in my quadrat...:-dd #-o


Whats a quadrat? is it some kind of Quadbike Ratbike?

Sounds like fun!
Steve

[missyburd]

Whats a quadrat? is it some kind of Quadbike Ratbike?

Sounds like fun!
Steve
A quadrat is a metal square used as a measuring device, usually out on the field for sampling. Not exactly mindblowing stuff but I guess some people find it great fun, I'm using them at the minute for my diss.

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/5/51/250px-SquareMeterQuadrat.JPG http://hosho.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/%7Etsuyu/figs/50_frame.jpg

[Speedy Claire]

Geez i`d hate to have to give one of those things an enema !!!

[missyburd]

Geez i`d hate to have to give one of those things an enema !!!
What a quadrat? :shock:

[Speedy Claire]

lol no the whale shark or whatever it is!

[missyburd]

lol no the whale shark or whatever it is!

oops sorry I read it as "I wouldn't like to use one of those as an enema" :lol: