And the winner is:

Whoa, not that fast!

Last week I challenged you to come up with a new phrase for the acronym HPLC to replace High Performance Liquid Chromatography (what I'm using to quantify levels of methyl farnesoate in my male snow crabs). I received a lot of really clever and fun phrases, and it was really hard to choose. Here are some of my favorites:

His Pancreas Loves Cabbage

I thought I was the only one who loves cabbage,

but Joel set me straight.

Hot ParaLithodid Crab

I hope I represented Jen's vision correctly:

"a picture of a blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus) in those Alexander McQueen lobster shoe things

that Lady Gaga wore, being chased by photographers"

Harry Potter's Love Child

Poor Ron.

Hypercapnic Plankton Lacking Calcium

I was very impressed with this phrase, both for its

use of the word "hypercapnic" and its scientific accuracy.

Horned Parasaurolophuses Love Conifers

My neice loves dinosaurs (dare I say it) more than I love crabs!

The parasaurolophus is said to have been the loudest dino,

hence the enthusiastic remark.

Humongously Parasitized Lithodid Crabs

This lithodid has one heck of a rhizocephalan infestation!

Homely Pixies Lurk in Canada

HAHAHAHA! Oh, Canada...

my neighbor to the east, really.

Without further ado, the winner is:

Hiphopopotamus produces lyrical conception...

"Sea Lion Woman" went above and beyond with this HPLC poem inspired by

Flight of the Conchords! (warning, there's 1 swear in that video)

Read the whole poem in the previous blog's comments.

(baby picture from fanpop.com)

Congratulations Sea Lion Woman! Your creativity just earned you a new keychain!

Thank you to all who submitted!