[fishtank]

[BenLurkin]

[humblegunner]

Darwin died in 1882.

I doubt he very much cares about any stupid fish.

Because.. you know.. dead and all.

[bigbob]

Not a Pelosi thread?

[ClearCase_guy]

But the new fossil shows that hagfish 100 million years ago were remarkably similar to hagfish today, suggesting that their specialized features accumulated gradually over time.

I don't how this logically follows.

I have something today. I had this thing 100 million years ago. Therefore, it accumulated gradually. WHAT?!? This is actually evidence of an absence of evolution within the chosen timeframe.

[marktwain]

Darwinian theory does not depend on human ability to explain particular features.

Like any theory, it explains a lot.

Saying that we do not understand a particular example only means we do not understand a particular example.

It does not invalidate Darwinian theory.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

Darwin is haunted by zombie Shrillery?

[freedumb2003]

OK so they evolved to do this.

You need to understand TToE to attack it.

You don’t nor do the authors.

[NorthMountain]

Do the people at “Creation Evolution Headlines” ever do any original research?

[bert]

Evolutionary perfection with no genetic mutation that improved on the original

[drpix]

"Haunts?"

From article: "An expert blames the lack of fossil evidence on the fact that these slippery sausage-like fish don’t have hard parts, like bones and hard teeth. He says, “it’s really difficult for them to get preserved into the fossil record.”"

The hagfish poses very little challenge to Darwin/Evolution compared to the gaps in the fossil records for many creatures that could/should have left transitional fossil records.

[I want the USA back]

If looking like hillary and spitting slime works, then who needs evolution?

[Phillyred]

Less dangerous related species of the more common slime-spewing Hoggfish.

[Slyfox]

WATCH OUT!! HAGFISH IS GONNA SPEW!!

[VanShuyten]

“No other creature has this slime-making ability. There is no line of descent showing where it came from.”

Actually, pretty much all vertebrates can make “slime”. This animal just happens to have a specialized slime with these properties.

It is a vertebrate, by DNA/mRNA testing, related most closely with lampreys. It retains many primitive features, but has a notochord, the hallmark of vertebrates.