Bio Design Creative Construct 3: Hey There Delilah Remix
Biological Design: Creative Construct 3! Lyrics: Verse 1 Hey there Delilah, why you stuck in the city? Come and kick it in the country where the bugs are always busy Yea they #39;re searching for food, where it #39;s wet and grassy but water damage ain #39;t a worry; epicuticles are waxy The exocuticle is tanned, stiff and strong With cross-linked proteins, water doesn #39;t belong Bugs couldn #39;t walk if endocuticles were plastic Chitin and water make it tough and elastic When insects grow, they shed the shell they #39;re in Molting starts when cuticles split from the skin Endocuticle sheds; exocuticle breaks down Right after the new one is secreted safe and sound Around joints, movement is key Chitin and water keep it flexible and free When stiffness is too high, water secretes The cuticle #39;s stiffness starts to decrease With biophysics, I can promise you That by the time that we get through You #39;ll never ever see the world the same And this rap is to blame *Instrumentals* Verse 2 By the water, shells have different colors They need different pigments to support different structures consisting of CaCO3 secreted by the mantles of the mollusks in the sea Calcite and aragonite - their strength is stellar When arranged in layers of sheets, called lamella They won #39;t bend when bitten; stiffness is high So snails withdraw their bodies when there #39;s danger outside There #39;s a smooth inner surface, made of nacre Trapping dust and pathogens between new layers In oysters they pile up and make a pearl ...From:TheP1273Views:3 1ratingsTime:03:25More inPeople Blogs

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