Posted on 12/29/2011 2:48:47 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
A rare species of fish described as “faceless and brainless” was among the unusual finds made by marine scientists off Britain’s coast, according to a Scottish government report published on Thursday.
The prehistoric amphioxus species, which grows to about two inches long and has no fins, was recorded off Orkney, part of the Northern Isles that lie off the far northern coast of mainland Scotland.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The elusive fish is regarded as a modern representative of the first animals that evolved a backbone, the Scottish government said.
With a nerve cord down its back, it has no specific brain or face. According to The Scotsman newspaper, it has a translucent, fish-like body but has no true skeleton.
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if he can poop on a police car, he could be on the next cover of Time’s ‘person of the year’.
Liberals have found their fish god.
Gotta be a Democrat. For one thing, it’s brainless, for another, unlike the Republicans, it’s well on the way to evolving a spine.
From the genus Liberalas Democraticus?
Faceless, brainless and has no spine.
Perfect candidate for chairman of the GOP.
Pelosi
No, only if it had hairs - Pelosi means hairy in Italian.
So this is where Britain’s LibDems came from as well, then?
The Pearl fish, which eats by sucking from the anus of a sea cucmber, was the winner in THE WHAT KIND OF FISH WOULD BILL MAHER BE? CONTEST. This fish was a strong second.
I’ll get the beer-batter ready!
“Hello. The earth is warming. Newt agrees. Therefore, gimme your money!”
Ah! - Finally a “progressive” fish has “evolved.”
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you got it
To be sure!
Yep that was the first one we’ve come across.
"About a thousand genes are shared by every organism, however simple or complicated. Although their common ancestor must have lived more than a billion years ago, their shared structure can still be glimpsed. It shows how the grand plan of life has bee modified through the course of evolution."
Steve Jones, "Darwin's Ghost," page 284.
"About a thousand genes are shared by every organism, however simple or complicated. Although their common ancestor must have lived more than a billion years ago, their shared structure can still be glimpsed. It shows how the grand plan of life has been modified through the course of evolution."
Steve Jones, "Darwin's Ghost," page 284.
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