Sunday, February 10, 2013

Daily Dose

From  Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5 Billion-Year History of the Human Body, by Neil Shubin

HEART PUMP

"This system works superbly in an active animal, which uses it's legs to walk, run, and jump.  It does not work well in a more sedentary creature."

From Chapter 11, The Meaning of It All

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