Short Takes.* SMOOTH, CHUNKY, OR SLICED? Do you like your peanut butter sliced? That's right. Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University, at Stillwater; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1890, opened 1891 as Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1957. scientists have added preservatives (chemicals that prevent food spoilage spoilage decomposition; said of meat, milk, animal feeds especially ensilage. ) to create slices of solid peanut butter. What's next? Maybe sliced jelly. * CLEVER CRITTER To test just how smart an octopus is, researchers in London, England, gave the invertebrate invertebrate (ĭn'vûr`təbrət, –brāt'), any animal lacking a backbone. The invertebrates include the tunicates and lancelets of phylum Chordata, as well as all animal phyla other than Chordata. (animal without a backbone) a jar filled with tasty crabmeat crab·meat n. The edible flesh of a crab. Noun 1. crabmeat - the edible flesh of any of various crabs crab crab cocktail - a cocktail of cold cooked crabmeat and a sauce . After a few tries, the octopus successfully employed its tentacles to pry the jar open in just 1 minute. Two days later, though, the sea critter had forgotten how to do it! |
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