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Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:39 am

Newly found species fills evolutionary gap between fish and land animals

Paleontologists have discovered fossils of a species that provides the missing evolutionary link between fish and the first animals that walked out of water onto land about 375 million years ago. The newly found species, Tiktaalik roseae, has a skull, a neck, ribs and parts of the limbs that are similar to four-legged animals known as tetrapods, as well as fish-like features such as a primitive jaw, fins and scales.
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The Elders Council of Nunavut, the Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, suggested "Tiktaalik" (tic-TAH-lick) — the word in the Inuktikuk language for "a large, shallow water fish."

(Qaujimajatuqangit? Try saying that three times fast!)

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 12:01 pm

Um, is this a n'yuk n'yuk joke?

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:42 pm

Newly found species fills evolutionary gap between fish and land animal

Now here! Didn't I politely ask you folks to NOT talk about politics?

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:14 pm

Uh, what? Wuld ya believe I fergot? Tabula Rasa? Wait, what poly ticks?

poly = a prefix meaning "many".

tick = a small parasite that drinks blood.

So, politics means...

Henry

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 10:30 am

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:18 am

Lefties Have the Advantage in Adversarial Situations

Contrary to traditional wisdom, being a leftie promotes survival from attacks, at least in the world of snails and crabs, [...]
“One of the conclusions we draw from the interaction between crabs and these snails is that in the adversarial mode, lefties have a competitive advantage as long as they remain rare,” said Dietl.

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:59 pm

That sounds like the 'fact' that states MSoft gets attaced more by viruses than Apple/Mac in spite of the fact there ARE more MS units than Apple/Macs.

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:06 pm

Uh, what? I'm not quite following that?

Henry

Website · Post by **brian** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 6:32 am

Are there more lefties than righties? I don't think so.

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:32 pm

OK. let me put it like this....who interviewed the dead lefties?

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:55 pm

Re "who interviewed the dead lefties?"

I think the point was that there were live "lefties" that had been attacked by predators but got away. The "righties" usually get eaten given the same sort of attack.

Henry

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:34 am

I still see it as playing fast and loose with stats.

lswot · Post by **lswot** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:08 am

Uh......the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing?

Xjmt · Post by **Xjmt** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:58 pm

That's cuz left hand is in right field and right hand is in left field.

Henry J · Post by **Henry J** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 4:05 pm

But who's on first?

Henry