What did you learn today?

[the harp unstrung]

...from my friend Donnie (DON’T FIRE THAT DRUMMER!)
earlier today...

Donnie taught Science for 38 years...retired a couple of years ago.

 

[spiritbass]

When I got out of be this morning, I had no idea of how large some species of earthworm can grow in the right conditions. This five-footer was found in extremely rich forest soil in the foothills of the Sumaco Volcano in Ecuador. They grow even larger in the clay soil along streams in Victoria, Australia - up to 9.8 feet!

 

[Tom Bomb]

Fossil-hunters think they have found the lair of a giant, predatory, prehistoric worm.​

 

[the harp unstrung]

Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines is a native of Pittsburgh, PA.

 

[spiritbass]

Fossil-hunters think they have found the lair of a giant, predatory, prehistoric worm.​

"Bobbit Worm" - OUCH!

 

[Tom Bomb]

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[PillO]

When I got out of be this morning, I had no idea of how large some species of earthworm can grow in the right conditions. This five-footer was found in extremely rich forest soil in the foothills of the Sumaco Volcano in Ecuador. They grow even larger in the clay soil along streams in Victoria, Australia - up to 9.8 feet!

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Well, there is a month's worth of nightmares...

 

[spiritbass]

Well, there is a month's worth of nightmares...

Wormaphobia?

 

[keyboardguy]

When you buy decorative metal burner covers for your new stove, make sure you remove ALL of them when you cook something, in case you accidentally turn the wrong burner on

 

[Tom Bomb]

Old mother Hubbard, sad to say, must be truly clueless …​

She went to the cobbler’s
To buy him some shoes;
When she came back
He was reading the news.​

New shoes! No doubt, that'll fix 'im … (He's a bleedin' dog).
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[PillO]

Old mother Hubbard, sad to say, must be truly clueless …​

She went to the cobbler’s
To buy him some shoes;
When she came back
He was reading the news.​

New shoes! No doubt, that'll fix 'im … (He's a bleedin' dog).
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Here come old flat top
He come grooving up slowly
He got joo joo eyeball
He one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee

How does old "flat top" have hair down to his knees?

 

[Tom Bomb]

^ Are they short and curly?​

 

[Tom Bomb]

Invalid Link Removed. 35 million people on the planet are afflicted with this disease. Hope springs eternal.
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[PWRL]

Old mother Hubbard, sad to say, must be truly clueless …​

She went to the cobbler’s
To buy him some shoes;
When she came back
He was reading the news.​

New shoes! No doubt, that'll fix 'im … (He's a bleedin' dog).
​

I don't think I ever read that whole rhyme, before now. If I did, it sure was a long time ago.

 

[PillO]

Invalid Link Removed. 35 million people on the planet are afflicted with this disease. Hope springs eternal.
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I will caution that every disease has been cured many times over in mice.

In reality, some animal models of human disease are pretty good. Others are terrible but all we have. Animal models of human brain diseases have a rather dismal track record.

 

[farshore]

Old mother Hubbard, sad to say, must be truly clueless …​

She went to the cobbler’s
To buy him some shoes;
When she came back
He was reading the news.​

New shoes! No doubt, that'll fix 'im … (He's a bleedin' dog).
​

Don't blame Ms. Hubbard for being confused. The damn dog was possessed!
Here are some of the things the dog did, in order, after it died of hunger in the first stanza:

The dog was dead!
The dog was laughing.
He was smoking his pipe.
The dog sat in a chair.
The dog stood on his head.
He was playing the flute.
He was riding a goat.
He was feeding her cat.
He was dancing a jig.
He was reading the news.
The dog was spinning. (Sure giveaway: ref. Exorcist)
He was dressed in his clothes. (Cross-dressing dog!)
The dog said, Bow-wow.

And other talents the dog supposedly had were:
He could read, he could dance,
He could sing, he could write;

 

[Tom Bomb]

I will caution that every disease has been cured many times over in mice.

In reality, some animal models of human disease are pretty good. Others are terrible but all we have. Animal models of human brain diseases have a rather dismal track record.

Sadly, it's no cure. It does however look as though memory loss can be halted and perhaps memory can even be potentially reestablished. We'll take it, small mercies, precious memories
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[PillO]

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Sadly, it's no cure. It does however look as though memory loss can be halted and perhaps memory can even be potentially reestablished. We'll take it, small mercies, precious memories​

Unfortunately, Alzheimer's is a degenerative disease. What is gone is not coming back. The animal models of AD are quite terrible.

 

[Tom Bomb]

… What is gone is not coming back. …

"Scientists believe they’ve found a way to reverse the damage to cognitive function caused by Alzheimer’s disease — a potential landmark treatment for a disease afflicting 35 million people worldwide." Invalid Link Removed​

This is all I'm going on. … We'll see
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[charlie monroe]

I think a scientist's responsibility is to prove or disprove things, not 'believe' things.