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   From: rsw@therandymon.com   
      
   On 2015-08-13 17:00:14 +0300, Johnny B Good said:   
      
   > On Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:47:44 +0200, Peter Mc Donough wrote:   
   >  Ah, latency. It wasn't exactly a winner in the "Eyes On Long Stalks"   
   > branch of the Primate Family Tree.   
   >   
   >  As much as having your eyes on long flexible stalks might seem appealing   
   > to some (over having them set right into the front of your face), I'm   
   > afraid the latency involved was a bit of a killer in the "Survivability   
   > of the Species" stakes.   
      
   https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24832-mantis-shrimps-dart   
   ng-eyes-ape-the-way-primates-see/   
      
      
   That 'whooshing' sound you hear is the sound of the metaphor going   
   right over my head.  I turned up this interesting article about Mantis   
   Shrimp, though.   
      
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