Spur-shell

... the buttoks. In a humans case the palm rests on the thigh naturally. At the base of the wrist (and somewhat a part of it) there is a sort of spur, a bone about one thrid of the length of the forearm that when (through msucle action) is popped down it stablizes and locks the fore arm, preventing ...

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... particular "favored" individuals surviving, reproducing, and passing traits suited to those circumstances on. Changes in circumstances spur changes in species, as the "average individual" changes over time. This explains why species that have <b>not</b> changed ...

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... only when the colony has reached adequate density. However, the bacteria do not just communicate with one another - their chemical signals spur maturation of the light organ. Hatchling squid raised in sterile seawater do not develop the pouch that eventually houses the bacteria. " ...

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... if we were to leave it there, it would seem that these arms were vestigial. Another contemporary, the Edmontosaurus can apparently produce in a spurt a force of 35 horsepower around the rump region. The result of such an "athletic contest" is clear: those arms of our rexy are coming ...

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... back to the summer of 2004. My partner and I developed Morgellons (our diagnosis...not the docs ) after I spent an afternoon digging sand spur plants up by the roots. The earth was very dry and kinda sandy, so I would gather up each plant at the base, then dig down around it, breaking ...

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