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The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it! (It's rather like getting tenure.)

 

From CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLAINED, by Daniel Dennett, p. 177

 

 

Sounds some of the tenure's at USF :P

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The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it! (It's rather like getting tenure.)

 

From CONSCIOUSNESS EXPLAINED, by Daniel Dennett, p. 177

 

 

Sounds some of the tenure's at USF :P

 

Is thhere a name for that 'lil guy?

I'd call him Bill.

 

They're generally called sea suirts. If you want to seem smarter call them tunicates or ascidians. Their larvae look alot like a tadpole, with little eye spots and everything.

Aww, he's cute, I want fifty.

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