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Ethics and Moral Philosophy Morality and Evolution 6: Moral dispositions 21 May 201422 May 2014 [Morality and Evolution 1 2 3 4 5 6 7] In any field that has statistical variation, it is necessary to isolate the variables. Biology is all about statistical variation of populations, and so we must expect that any account of morality that is based upon biology will have variation along a number of axes. Here… 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” 🙂