Posted by partlycloudy on February 18, 2005, at 11:42:55
In reply to Re: Coral colony » Toph, posted by Dinah on February 18, 2005, at 11:18:33
It took a while for me to realize this thread wasn't about Australia. So I'm a slow growing coral :)
So if we think about Babble as a coral reef, there are all the collaborative elements that keep the colony thriving and growing. And when we run out of room, we evolve, or branch out, or stop, whither, and die.
And I would further elaborate on the coral colony as the life form itself, and not the creatures who live amongst the corals. Because then you'd be getting into bottom feeders, predators, and all the other nasties that we try to keep Babble safe from.
This is a strange aside, but I have often thought that when I die, I want my ashes to be incorporated into an artificial reef - something they are doing now in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico side. I think you get mixed in with a bunch of concrete and make you into a geodesic dome thingy that creates an artificial reef for critters to live in and on.
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