On Apr 23, 8:11 am, Art Deco <e...@caballista.org> wrote:

nightbat <night...@home.ffni.com> wrote:

nightbat wrote

Sir Gilligan Horry wrote:

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:00:49 +0200, "Charles D. Bohne"
<m...@PasoSchweiz.de> wrote:

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:31:37 +1200, Sir Gilligan Horry
<G...@ga7rm5er.com> wrote:

If we have that in 2007.
Imagine what some of the
3357 different species of extraterrestrials have.

yeah, like reading the DNA of any microorganism in your
body from outerspace.

C.

I was going to say something like that,
and there you have it.

Very good, you win an
alt.alien.research
Bonus prize.

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nightbat

        Thank you for honoring my Science Officer Bohne with your
award, there are no others like the profound Science Team.

        carry on,
        the nightbat

You forgot to whine about the "coffee boys" in this post, frootbat.

--
Supreme Leader of the Brainwashed Followers of Art Deco

States begin to restrict Art Deco Trash Hillbilly practices!:

http://www.physorg.com/news96358179.html

headline:

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Mo. Votes to End Hand-Fishing Experiment
By KELLY WIESE, Associated Press Writer
(AP) -- Missouri conservation officials voted Friday to end the
experiment with hand fishing after just two years, citing threats to
breeding-age fish.
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The Conservation Commission voted unanimously at a meeting in Lebanon
to immediately end an effort to decide whether to legalize the
practice also known as noodling.


Noodlers use their bare hands to reach into logs and crevices and grab
for fish that have sharp teeth and can weigh up to 100 pounds. It's
not a sport for everyone; noodlers also wind up pulling out snakes,
beavers or snapping turtles by accident.

The Missouri Conservation Commission originally planned a five-year
experimental hand-fishing season for six weeks during the summer in
stretches of the Fabius, St. Francis and Mississippi rivers.
Otherwise, hand fishing remained a misdemeanor offense. The effort was
to provide data on the effect of hand fishing on Missouri's catfish
population.

But scientists recommended an end to the project after finding higher-
than-expected mortality rates among catfish in state waters, although
they do not have mortality rates from before the hand-fishing
experiment began. Among other things, scientists found that when adult
fish were taken away, leaving their nests of eggs unattended, their
eggs died within hours.

"The inescapable conclusion was that current regulations prevent
catfish from reaching their growth potential," Conservation Department
Assistant Director John Smith said in a written statement announcing
the decision. "It is clear that several changes are needed if anglers
desire larger catfish. Discontinuing hand fishing is the first and
most obvious one."

Howard Ramsey, of Paris, Mo., president of Noodlers Anonymous, said
hand fishers offered various ideas to allow the sport in Missouri,
such as limiting them to five fish a season and tagging them, much
like deer, so officials can make sure fishermen are not exceeding the
limit.