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Wow this is one weird creature.

I happened by this thing on CNN.com and apparently it was found in the South Pacific by some French drivers. It is so different form any normal lobster or crustacean that they even created a new family and genus for it. OK I know what your thinking right now; that this is some kind of joke, but it is not, this thing is real! This creature is 5.9 inches long, white, and blind they say and it they name it a Kiwaida after Kiwa the Polynesian goddess of crustaceans.

If you don’t believe me, check it out for yourself here: http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/03/08/furry.lobster.ap/index.html

I would like to pose a question that has been intriguing me somewhat lately. Why do people yawn; what is the purpose for it. We know people do it when they are tired, and that when you yawn your lungs fill with air and push the diaphragm down. My question however is what purpose does that serve; is it to expel excess carbon dioxide, and if so why?