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FIRST PHOTOS: Fish With Transparent Head, "Barrel" Eyes
nationalgeographic ^
| February 23, 2009
Posted on 02/23/2009 6:52:47 PM PST by JoeProBono
With a head like a fighter-plane cockpit, a Pacific barreleye fish shows off its highly sensitive, barrel-like eyes—topped by green, orblike structures—in a picture released today but taken in 2004.
The fish, discovered alive in the deep water off California's central coast by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), is the first specimen of its kind to be found with its soft transparent dome intact.
The 6-inch (15-centimeter) barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) had been known since 1939—but only from mangled specimens dragged to the surface by nets.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: barreleye; fish; macropinna; rachelmaddow
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To: rabidralph
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posted on
02/23/2009 7:19:49 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: LikeLight
It saddens me that people can see something so magnificent as a cell, thousands of times more complex than any machine man has ever dreamed of, yet deny the existence of a Maker.
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02/23/2009 7:21:02 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. Margret Thatcher)
To: LikeLight
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02/23/2009 7:21:38 PM PST
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stevio
(Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
To: Majie Purple
That’s freaky. The face looks almost human :o
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posted on
02/23/2009 7:23:20 PM PST
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silent_jonny
("Be anxious for nothing ... let your requests be made known to God" - Philippians 4:6)
To: silent_jonny
HAhahaha! Your ping reply came in @ 24! :)
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02/23/2009 7:27:16 PM PST
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Majie Purple
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To: silent_jonny
HAhahaha! Your ping reply came in @ 24! :)
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02/23/2009 7:27:17 PM PST
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Majie Purple
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To: SunkenCiv
To: JoeProBono
God is the ultimate geek. *bows*
To: Majie Purple
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posted on
02/23/2009 7:35:25 PM PST
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silent_jonny
("Be anxious for nothing ... let your requests be made known to God" - Philippians 4:6)
To: JoeProBono
man, that is an interesting photo!
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02/23/2009 7:35:32 PM PST
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Beowulf9
To: LikeLight
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
02/23/2009 7:36:51 PM PST
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: silent_jonny
Do those 2 different puctuation smiley’s represent the 2 different Threads?
:)
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posted on
02/23/2009 7:38:25 PM PST
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Majie Purple
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To: silent_jonny
Goodnight!
I can see clearly now,its brain is gone...:)
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posted on
02/23/2009 7:41:00 PM PST
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Majie Purple
( Testing...1,2,3,testing...)
To: gieriscm
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posted on
02/23/2009 7:41:15 PM PST
by
BCR #226
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To: martin_fierro
I think we learned all about this in school.
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02/23/2009 7:43:54 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: LikeLight
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02/23/2009 7:45:16 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(Mornie` utulie`. Mornie` alantie`.)
To: LikeLight
God is cool and he designs interesting fish.....
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posted on
02/23/2009 7:47:26 PM PST
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Kimmers
(Working hard so Obamas friends don't have to)
To: LikeLight
Amen! to your reply @ # 3!!
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02/23/2009 7:48:16 PM PST
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Majie Purple
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To: Kimmers
I concure with your reply @ # 38!
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02/23/2009 7:50:02 PM PST
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Majie Purple
( Testing...1,2,3,testing...)
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