hm, well in that case, it is interesting. Rob toonen (the guy who wrote the article i posted) thinks that Spirobranchs can't live in the wild without the protection from a live coral colony because boring animals like urchins and parrotfish would eat away at the worms' tubes as well as the dead skeleton they live in indiscriminately... thus exposing the worm to all sorts of nasties. Wonder if maybe some of the worms just evolved a defense mechanism to combat that sort of situation
. something to think about at least.
lol next time Im over in Puerto Vallarta, Ill let you know!
edit: fro the record, the disagreement was a respectful one. Didn't mean to come across as an *** lookin for a fight.