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Unread 05/19/2015, 10:20 AM   #1
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Cool Moonfish found to be Warm-blooded!


Yay for the moonfish.

Now, why is the media saying things like, "It is the World's first warm-blooded fish"?


As if it just started being warm-blooded this year, or something! And...how do we know it's the only one? There are so many undiscovered species, and also so many known fish that we haven't tested for this. Why can't they just say "it's the first discovery of warm blooded fish"?

Then they say things like, "It doesn't have to come up to shallow waters to warm up like other fish, it can stay down low in colder waters and survive! (gasp!)".

Ok, what about all those fish and creatures in the Marina's Trench that have their own lights, and never venture nearer to the "shallower" areas, lest their fragile bodies come apart due to the reduction in pressure?

Anyways, sorry for the rant. It's cool to learn new things about fish, but sometimes the way the "news" is portrayed rubs me the wrong way.



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Unread 05/19/2015, 10:40 AM   #2
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"Scientists Discovered a Warm-blooded Fish, and You'll Never Guess What Happened Next!"

"This New Fish Made My Heart Skip a Beat. Click to Find Out Why."

"5 Crazy Tricks to Make Your Fish Warm-blooded."


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Unread 05/19/2015, 02:06 PM   #3
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haha, the first thing I thought when I read the artical was "what about tuna? tey are warm blooded". then it went on to say that tuna have to come up occasionaly to warm up...does that make tuna not warm blooded? Humans are warm blooded, but if I went swimming in the arctic I'd have to come out of the water to warm up too. Interesting sure, but the way they have to try to make everyhting seem like a big deal just rubs me the wrong way.

"This is the world's first subtropical migrating crustation with red exoskeleton that swinms backwards with claws and reproduces yearly in cold waters"....who gives a crap?!


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I'm more surprised that there are fish on the moon, warm-blooded or not.


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I'm more surprised that there are fish on the moon, warm-blooded or not.
haha good one!


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I'm more surprised that there are fish on the moon, warm-blooded or not.
That is funny.
I think it's funny that many seem to think this is some new found fish or something, and I wonder why it took scientists so long to determine this discovery, I mean I've been serving up Opah since the early 80's, one of my very favorite fish, served warm of course.


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