Fish can walk! 22 Jul 2008 A Floridan neighborhood was surprised yesterday when after heavy rain, catfish started walking around their street. Of course, the fish were quick to point out that this doesn’t prove evolution is possible, as they all went to the local Baptist church… Evolution Humor
Evolution Animals and rights 5 Nov 2007 What with Hollywood archetypes of “animal rights activists” coming out of the woodwork lately, Ryan Gregory and Larry Moran pose the following question: And so I ask, on what basis do you draw the sharp moral line between “humans” and “animals”, “human rights” and “animal rights”, “us” versus “them”? What… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Is history a science? Creationists don’t think so 4 Sep 20134 Sep 2013 I received a query by email recently from Jennifer, an MD. Dear Dr. Wilkins, I’m wondering if you had the time if you could perhaps steer me in the right direction of help me understand the philosophy behind the argument of creationist use to negate the theory of evolution saying… Read More
Humor Verily, who is in the primary position 10 Jan 2008 A classic Abbott and Costello skit, done in Elizabethan English. Video below the fold. Read More
This story mainly points out how ignorant people are of the wildlife that lives in their vicinity. Walking catfish are very old news in Hillsborough County, a little more than an hour away from Orlando, where the invasive species has been present for many years. When I lived in Tampa, it was commonplace to see dozens of them slithering about during rainstorms. Here’s a close-up photo of one I shot in my driveway on June 29, 2002, for instance. I thought most Floridians had heard of Hillsborough’s walking catfish. That they’ve managed to expand their range by about 80 miles shouldn’t be that big a surprise!
This story mainly points out how ignorant people are of the wildlife that lives in their vicinity. Walking catfish are very old news in Hillsborough County, a little more than an hour away from Orlando, where the invasive species has been present for many years. When I lived in Tampa, it was commonplace to see dozens of them slithering about during rainstorms. Here’s a close-up photo of one I shot in my driveway on June 29, 2002, for instance. I thought most Floridians had heard of Hillsborough’s walking catfish. That they’ve managed to expand their range by about 80 miles shouldn’t be that big a surprise!
This story mainly points out how ignorant people are of the wildlife that lives in their vicinity. Walking catfish are very old news in Hillsborough County, a little more than an hour away from Orlando, where the invasive species has been present for many years. When I lived in Tampa, it was commonplace to see dozens of them slithering about during rainstorms. Here’s a close-up photo of one I shot in my driveway on June 29, 2002, for instance. I thought most Floridians had heard of Hillsborough’s walking catfish. That they’ve managed to expand their range by about 80 miles shouldn’t be that big a surprise!
This story mainly points out how ignorant people are of the wildlife that lives in their vicinity. Walking catfish are very old news in Hillsborough County, a little more than an hour away from Orlando, where the invasive species has been present for many years. When I lived in Tampa, it was commonplace to see dozens of them slithering about during rainstorms. Here’s a close-up photo of one I shot in my driveway on June 29, 2002, for instance. I thought most Floridians had heard of Hillsborough’s walking catfish. That they’ve managed to expand their range by about 80 miles shouldn’t be that big a surprise!
Right. It is astounding how people can live among a particular species and not even know it exists. Chances are the guy with the cooler knew about these fish and harvests them every couple of years when the phenomenon occurs at a time he is available. These are clarius, I assume, from Africa.
However, fish with such improbable abilities have been used in a rather nifty proof for the non-existence of god (particularly with talents in communication, as these appear to have in order to have indicated their denomination).
haha, I read the title as “Fish can talk”! I thought: finally! Maybe it is God, sending me “time to see an eye doctor” message. Yet, the respond of the church is what draws my curiosity. “It might be a good time for rain prayer” 🙂