My weird brain

Or: "This is your brain on a Ph.D. and too much geeky pop culture":

I was discussing J. Connell's famous experiment with barnacles (members of genera Balanus and Chthamalus) where he looked at why they showed zonation. In short, Balanus is more competitive but sensitive to drying out, so while Chthamalus survives in the dryer areas (where Balanus can't), when the two are together, Balanus tends to either undercut or crush Chthamalus because it grows bigger faster.

And suddenly, my brain, completely unbidden, started to sing:

"Balanus man, Balanus man,
Balanus man hates Chthamalus man
They have a fight, Balanus wins,
Balanus man."

I almost started giggling in front of class but then if I had, (a) I would had to explain why, and probably got a bunch of blank looks and (b) I would have used up the precious few last minutes of class I needed to finish the discussion

But yeah. Now I kind of want to try to rewrite more TMBG songs to be about ecology....