It don't know it's wirt the time to go into this.  :->   But I look forward to Wirt's expose.  However, I can give some good recipes for preparing lobster.  

Kind regards,

Denys. . .

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-----Original Message-----
From:   Bruce Toback [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Thursday, July 31, 1997 11:16 AM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: Riddles with numbers

Denys writes:

>Besides here in Houston, we consume spiders (also known as crawdads or
>mudbugs, but an arachnoid by any other name, like crabs and lobsters.)

Wirt is no doubt composing a much more detailed reply, but meanwhile,
lobsters and true crabs aren't arachnoids. Horseshoe and king crabs are
cousins to spiders, but crustaceans such as lobsters and crayfish are not.

I look forward to Wirt's exposition of the precise evolutionary
relationship among the three groups :-).

-- Bruce


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