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
Humor Metaphysics, a poem 26 Oct 201226 Oct 2012 It rains. It rains here and now. It rains on the possible fat men in that doorway. It rains in the desert. It rains in the jungle. It’s conventional. It rains in the holes. It rains in the shadows. It rains vaguely here, with a fuzzy edge to the drops…. Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Skewed views of science 16 Jan 2009 Larry Moran points us to the following video on what science is and why pseudoscience is not to be taught or accepted without serious evidence (which makes it science). My only comment to add is that emotional appeals are information and evidence, but they are information and evidence about the… Read More
Humor Heh… 17 Aug 20084 Oct 2017 Want this, from Systematic Biology on your t-shirt? Stephen Colbert wants you to, and that is enough… Hat tip Henry Simon 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” 🙂