Results: Losing a purple sock
Published on 02/12/2016
My single socks and tupperware lids are chillin' somewhere and laughing at me.
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*KTLA* The very simple creature, Xenoturbella, has no brain, gills, eyes, or reproductive organs, and only one opening through which food goes in and waste goes out. And although the animal was first described in 1949, its peculiar biology left scientists baffled for decades. "The findings have implications for how we understand animal evolution," Rouse said in a Scripps Institution of Oceanography media release. "By placing Xenoturbella properly in the tree of life we can better understand early animal evolution." If you had biology did you learn about this marine creature?
Yes
6%
124 votes
Don't remember
27%
532 votes
No
49%
982 votes
N/A
18%
357 votes
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Xenoturbella has a simple body; it has no brain, no through gut, no excretory system, no organized gonads or any other defined organs except for a statocyst containing flagellated cells; it has cilia and a diffuse nervous system. The animal is up 7.9 in long and has been found off the coasts of Sweden and Scotland, in Monterey Canyon off California, and in the Gulf of California. Have you ever seen one in the environment?
Yes
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107 votes
No
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Xenoturbella's only purpose beside being in the food chain, is to help explain animal evolution; just step above having a lost sock. If you have a collection or a few solo socks lying around, have you found a purpose for them?
I wear my single socks with other single socks (mismatched)
16%
326 votes
I make sock monkeys
4%
73 votes
Use them to protect my shoes when stored or traveling
3%
61 votes
Dust Mitt and Cleaning Cloths
22%
435 votes
Golf Club Protector
2%
44 votes
Sock puppets (other than monkeys)
4%
81 votes
Hot or Cold Drink Holder
2%
46 votes
To store and protect fragile ornaments
5%
93 votes
Make chew or tug-o-war toys for pets
8%
153 votes
Knee Protectors for when babies crawl
1%
21 votes
Soothe Sore Muscles (fill with uncooked rice and microwave to make a warm compress)
3%
58 votes
N/A
53%
1049 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
45 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.36% | 9 | |
| throw them alway | 0.04% | 1 |
| cover water faucets outside in winter | 0.04% | 1 |
| I live in New York , snow was forever getting into the arms of snowsuits when kids play outside. I cut the sock at the heel and sew it into the sleeve of the the coats. it goes uo kids and now grangkids arm and keeps the snow out of their sleeves. | 0.04% | 1 |
| I keep it, hoping its partner will show up. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Use them as rags for cleaning | 0.04% | 1 |
| no | 0.04% | 1 |
| Sleep in them when my feet gets cold. | 0.04% | 1 |
| dusting | 0.04% | 1 |
| Throw out | 0.04% | 1 |
| Gun protector | 0.04% | 1 |
| ALL MY SOCKS ARE IDENTICAL... NOT A BIG DEAL IF I LOSE 1 | 0.04% | 1 |
| dont keep them | 0.04% | 1 |
| Throw it away | 0.04% | 1 |
| dusting rags after a year of hoping the other sock comes home | 0.04% | 1 |
| mine just sit around waiting for a purpose to exist | 0.04% | 1 |
| all the odd socks are in a bag in the closet lol | 0.04% | 1 |
| toss em | 0.04% | 1 |
| No, I haven't found a purpose for them | 0.04% | 1 |
| Buy similar socks and use them with other missing socks for a full pair. | 0.04% | 1 |
| don't wear socks--so not a problem | 0.04% | 1 |
| Doggie toys | 0.04% | 1 |
| cleaning | 0.04% | 1 |
| Through them in the trash | 0.04% | 1 |
| rags | 0.04% | 1 |
| It goes to trashcan | 0.04% | 1 |
| I give to people who like to wear odd socks | 0.04% | 1 |
| to match with similar socks and wear | 0.04% | 1 |
| throw them away, I mate my socks until they go in the washer | 0.04% | 1 |
| i use it when i lose another one of the same colour, style | 0.04% | 1 |
| FILL WITH CATNIP, TIE UP, MAKES CAT TOY | 0.04% | 1 |
| hang on to them. as soon as i destroy them the mate magically reappears | 0.04% | 1 |
| cover a sharp edge that is shin-high | 0.04% | 1 |
| I use top of socks to replace cuffs on Jackets, etc. | 0.04% | 1 |
| I save my single socks and then when another comes up missing I match them together | 0.04% | 1 |
| Wait for the other one to reappear | 0.04% | 1 |
| save to make a pair when 1 has a hole in it | 0.04% | 1 |
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