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Q: Who said: No creature on earth's surface is taller than 15 cm w/o backbone ( No Answer,   3 Comments )
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Subject: Who said: No creature on earth's surface is taller than 15 cm w/o backbone
Category: Business and Money
Asked by: jeffbhc001-ga
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Posted: 22 Apr 2005 20:12 PDT
Expires: 23 Apr 2005 20:33 PDT
Question ID: 512955
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A scientist said that there is no creature on the earth's surface taller than 15
centimeters without a backbone/skeleton.  Who was it, what is the
quote, where was it said?
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Subject: Re: Who said: No creature on earth's surface is taller than 15 cm w/o backbone
From: czh-ga on 23 Apr 2005 01:12 PDT
 
I found some interesting results using "land invertebrates" that
confirm the substance of the question but I haven't found anything
that comes close to being a direct quote.
Subject: Re: Who said: No creature on earth's surface is taller than 15 cm w/o backbone
From: bozo99-ga on 23 Apr 2005 15:02 PDT
 
Not this
http://irl.cs.ucla.edu/papers/right-size.html
but might be interesting anyway.
Subject: Re: Who said: No creature on earth's surface is taller than 15 cm w/o backbone
From: bozo99-ga on 23 Apr 2005 15:08 PDT
 
better version without the puzzling typo in para 3
http://www.cmmp.ucl.ac.uk/~jlf/haldane_essay.html

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