By Michelle Collier, RCDD. Fiber optic cable provides a low loss medium for high-speed communications. While. the continuous fiber cable itself is low loss, terminations at each access point provide a. potential Achilles heel. The biggest cause of signal loss across fiber optic connectors is. contamination.
The blue crab's scientific name, Callinectes sapidus, is from Latin and Greek: calli, beautiful; nectes, swimmer; and sapidus, savory-beautiful, savory swimmer. Like insects, blue crabs have stalked compound eyes and can see in almost every direction at once.
Scientific name: Symplocarpus foetidus. Common name: Skunk Cabbage. (Information in this Species Page was compiled by Rachel Lang in Biology 220W, Spring 2006, at Penn State New Kensington) Skunk cabbage (also called âclumpfoot cabbageâ, âswamp lanternâ, and âpolecat weedâ) is a large, flowering plant of wetlands. It is a member of the Arum plant family (which also includes Jack-in-the-Pulpit and some philodendrons).