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FIRST PHOTOS: Fish With Transparent Head, "Barrel" Eyes
nationalgeographic ^
| February 23, 2009
Posted on 02/23/2009 6:52:47 PM PST by JoeProBono
With a head like a fighter-plane cockpit, a Pacific barreleye fish shows off its highly sensitive, barrel-like eyes—topped by green, orblike structures—in a picture released today but taken in 2004.
The fish, discovered alive in the deep water off California's central coast by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), is the first specimen of its kind to be found with its soft transparent dome intact.
The 6-inch (15-centimeter) barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) had been known since 1939—but only from mangled specimens dragged to the surface by nets.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: barreleye; fish; macropinna; rachelmaddow
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To: BenLurkin
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02/23/2009 7:51:57 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: SunkenCiv
And your smoking crab too.
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02/23/2009 7:53:47 PM PST
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cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: silent_jonny
Oh I’m back just to say I now see why the 2 smilies, I double posted,oops!
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02/23/2009 8:01:24 PM PST
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Majie Purple
( Testing...1,2,3,testing...)
To: cripplecreek
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02/23/2009 8:06:37 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: cripplecreek
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02/23/2009 8:23:23 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
mmm ... tastes like chicken
To: JoeProBono
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02/23/2009 11:23:44 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(This disaster brought to you by the failed Obama administration.)
To: JoeProBono
Makes ya wonder what’s going on up there. :)
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02/23/2009 11:30:44 PM PST
by
PureSolace
(Trust in God)
To: cripplecreek
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02/24/2009 4:45:47 AM PST
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Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
To: Daffynition
Rolypoly fish heads
While I admit that video clip was creepy and bizarre, I am more concerned about the mind of an individual that searches the internet to find such creepiness.........LOL!
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02/24/2009 4:59:13 AM PST
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Hot Tabasco
(Welcome to Detroit, the Renaissance city......)
To: Daffynition
Yep that one definitely tops the all time weirdness scale for MTV. DEVO didn't even come close.
I always kind of liked this oddity.
MMM MMM MMM MMM
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02/24/2009 4:59:40 AM PST
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cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: Hot Tabasco
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02/24/2009 5:09:10 AM PST
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cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: cripplecreek
It's the BEST! A classic! ...and probably deeper than at first blush.
Speaking of crash test dummies, it's amazing how the innocence of the recent past can still apply today...
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02/24/2009 5:29:32 AM PST
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Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
To: cripplecreek
Old school Dr. Demento. Nice.
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02/24/2009 5:36:52 AM PST
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GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: Daffynition
The singer has a great baritone voice that you don’t hear much in singers outside of opera.
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02/24/2009 5:55:49 AM PST
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cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: Daffynition
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02/24/2009 6:47:39 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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02/24/2009 7:06:13 AM PST
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Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
To: Daffynition
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02/25/2009 7:17:47 AM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: LikeLight
“God is so cool.”
Oh, you mean Darwin didn’t create the fish?
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02/25/2009 7:27:36 AM PST
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Canedawg
(Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.)
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