Sea sponge builds a better glass fiber

Thu Aug 21 20:48:06 UTC 2003

>> I'm still waiting for the discovery of its natural enemy, the Backhoeiosaur.

	All kidding aside, my concern is that it's natural enemy
	has just found it. 

>> It's such a wonderful example of how exquisite nature is as a
>> designer and builder of complex systems," said Geri Richmond, a
>> chemist and materials scientist at the University of Oregon who
>> wasn't involved in the study.
>>
>> "We can draw it on paper and think about engineering it but
>> we're in the stone age compared to nature," she said.

	That much seems clear.

	Dave