2015-02-21

Don't mess with limpets ....

They can chew you to pieces ... literally.

http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/12/105/20141326

From the abstract - "The tensile strength of discrete volumes of limpet tooth material measured using in situ atomic force microscopy was found to range from 3.0 to 6.5 GPa and was independent of sample size."

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Well heading up to see family.

There's always some cost with doing that. But it'll be nice to get away from some things around here,  even for a short while.