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 Kid’s resource for species 9 Aug 2008 Kids Research Express has a pretty good summary of the issue of species and speciation, which it wouldn’t hurt most people to read. Sure, they repeat the mistake about Plato and typology, but that’s OK. It’s for kids and nonspecialists. We can fix up their errors later when they get… Read More
Evolution New Philosophy of Biology Forum 26 Jun 20074 Oct 2017 Run by Matt Haber at Utah, it’s a forum for discussions of work in progress, student matters like employment, tech issues and biology and society topics, to mention only a few. It’s in alpha form now, but expect it to grow. The sidebar blurb is this: Read More
Administrative News from Ediacara 27 Oct 2008 The Ediacaran period is the era between around 635Mybp and 540Mybp, just before the Cambrian. You pronounce it “ed-ee-ack-a-ran”. It is also the name of a new blog by the inimitable Chris Nedin, erstwhile paleontologist who specialised in the Ediacaran fauna before joining the Dark Side (federal public service) in… 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” 🙂