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Bad Taxonomy Kills

December 12, 2009

Just in case you thought taxonomy was a strictly useless pursuit . . .
. . . and you can see how skates fit into the rest of the cartilaginous fish (fish with cartilage skeletons like sharks) here.

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The Jelly(nose) Fish

September 24, 2009

Because clearly, I can’t get enough of all things jelly . . . I spotted this video at National Geographic today. It seems fairly prosaic until the guy starts . . . er. . . palpitating said jellynose.
Jellynose fish have cartilaginous bones like sharks, though they are in the same group as bony fishes (Teleosts). [...]

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The Fish with the Observation Deck

April 22, 2009

Back in March, I posted a link on Facebook to this blog, the aptly named, “Scientists Solve the Mystery of Why this Fish is So Freakin’ Crazy”, at the Deep Sea News.
The blog includes this clip:

If there was ever a fish that belonged on Futurama . . . this is it. The see-through head apparently [...]

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