awful.systems
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
cm0002@infosec.pub to Science@mander.xyz · 14 days ago

The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a brain throughout its anatomy.

www.popularmechanics.com

external-link
message-square
20
link
fedilink
  • cross-posted to:
  • science@lemmy.ml
225
external-link

The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a brain throughout its anatomy.

www.popularmechanics.com

cm0002@infosec.pub to Science@mander.xyz · 14 days ago
message-square
20
link
fedilink
  • cross-posted to:
  • science@lemmy.ml
Scientists Thought This Creature Had No Brain. Turns Out It’s All Brain.
www.popularmechanics.com
external-link
The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a brain throughout its anatomy.
alert-triangle
You must log in or # to comment.
  • Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    29
    ·
    14 days ago

    So, when I see chefs open one up and eat it raw, they’re eating living brains?

    Metal.

    • seanom@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      26
      ·
      14 days ago

      They are eating the roe. So genitals, eggs, and sperm.

      • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        13
        ·
        14 days ago

        Kinky

      • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        14 days ago

        And it’s delicious with a quail egg dropped on top. Yummo!

      • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        edit-2
        13 days ago

        mmm… brainitalia…

  • henfredemars@infosec.pub
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    21
    ·
    14 days ago

    These guys always made me feel uncomfortable. I would collect and eat them, and the remains would run away afterward.

    • cm0002@infosec.pubOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      17
      ·
      14 days ago

      Er…I…um…what‽

      • henfredemars@infosec.pub
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        20
        ·
        14 days ago

        It’s true! I would collect them in a pail from the tidal pools as a child. I would crack them open with whatever I had available and eat them, and the halves would still be running around on the ground after I discarded the rest.

        The parts of urchin, the remains, they would skitter around and bunch up in one corner of the yard trying to get away like they didn’t realize they’d been eaten yet even though there was nothing left inside.

        • cm0002@infosec.pubOP
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          14
          ·
          14 days ago

          I have…so many questions…

    • Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      14 days ago

      Could you do me a favor? Since you know what you’re looking for, will you see if you can find any videos of this? I looked, but either my keywords are bad, or there just aren’t any. I’m assuming it’s bad keywords. That’s absolutely wild.

      • henfredemars@infosec.pub
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        edit-2
        13 days ago

        I tried. This isn’t a very good video, but you can kinda see it’s still trying to crawl away after it’s been eaten at several points. I might have had 20 or so in a pile fresh out of the water and they were much more active. I hope this helps.

        I like the fat ones. The long ones don’t taste good.

        • Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          13 days ago

          I am deeply, deeply disturbed by this. Thank you for sharing!

    • spinnetrouble@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      14 days ago

      Most unnerving meal I’ve ever heard of

    • AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      14 days ago

      I, for one, would like to see the cafeteria menus in advance so parents can adjust their dinner menus accordingly. I don’t like the idea of my children having two all-body brain meals in one day.

  • fubarx@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    7
    ·
    14 days ago

    Fedi-urchin

  • DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    14 days ago

    Urchins are like the God-emperor in Dune, understood.

  • blackbrook@mander.xyz
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    13 days ago

    This is such a shit magazine. They are not “all brain”, its more like their brain is just scattered evenly throughout their body.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      13 days ago

      its called a nerve net for the most part. they dont have an actual brain per ce. thier nervous system is somewhat more complex than cnidarians.

  • Dogyote@slrpnk.net
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    14 days ago

    Oh, so just like me.

  • Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    13 days ago

    So they are basically an intellect devourer with spines?

Science@mander.xyz

science@mander.xyz

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !science@mander.xyz

General discussions about “science” itself

Be sure to also check out these other Fediverse science communities:

https://lemmy.ml/c/science

https://beehaw.org/c/science

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 229 users / day
  • 1.01K users / week
  • 1.73K users / month
  • 3.92K users / 6 months
  • 2 local subscribers
  • 5.65K subscribers
  • 653 Posts
  • 1.98K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • Salamander@mander.xyz
  • fossilesque@mander.xyz
  • BE: 0.19.12
  • Modlog
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org