Re: Salt gorps

From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 15:30:44 GMT

> andrew hall :
>
> > Given that water is "the natural element" of gorps
> > and they slowly die when taken away from water
> > (RoC, 99), it would make sense that salt would
> > damage gorps by drying them out.

Julian Lord:
> Oh, come on ; there *have* to be gorps that live in
> the ocean ...

I don't think Andrew is suggesting anything that would contradict this. Osmotically, salt water and dry(ish) salt are very different. (I hope no one with a large residual 'cruel small boy' streak goes out and experiments with slugs to find the exact lethal amount of salinity...)

Cheers,
Alex.

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