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   In article <4AEFD30C.DACD1773@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us>,   
   Tim Bruening   wrote:   
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   >   
   >spike1@freenet.co.uk wrote:   
   >   
   >> And verily, didst Dragon Lady  hastily babble thusly:   
   >> > My top one would be (don't remember the name) the one with the salt   
   vampire.   
   >> > I mean really, how does a creature that lives on salt evolve on a world   
   that   
   >> > doesn't have enough salt for it to live on?   
   >>   
   >> I think the idea behind that one was, the race was prolific enough to eat   
   >> all the salt on the planet. And she/it was the only survivor.   
   >   
   >How does the biology of salt vampires work?  What happens to the salt   
   >inside their bodies?  Do salt vampires derive energy from salt?  If so,   
   >how?   
      
   I think the idea was that the *because* salt was scarce on that planet,   
   a creature had evolved the ability to scavange it from other living   
   things.  I'm sure it got its calories and protien from more conventional   
   eating--though if you've just killed someone for their salt, you might as   
   well fry them up before they spoil.   
      
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