bonj said:it's proof that new species are evolving all the time, being as it is a newly evolved fish that didn't exist prior to it being discovered, otherwise it would have been discovered earlier. it's also clearly a very intelligent, discerning fish, and an interesting shape.
I wasn't aware of you until you popped up on C+ a couple of years ago.
Did you exist before then?
bonj said:Just 'cos YOU didn't know about me doesn't mean i hadn't been discovered.
At least SOME people knew about me. NO-ONE knew about that fish, despite the oceans being continually explored and researched.
Your granny knew.Noodley said:Somebody may have known about it and kept it to themselves. The other fish would have known as well.
Chuffy said:Your granny knew.
bonj said:NO-ONE knew about that fish, despite the oceans being continually explored and researched.
Rhythm Thief said:As Bill Bryson put it in "A Short History of Nearly Everything" ... [paraphrase] our current knowledge of the deep oceans is much the same as our knowledge of the land would be if our research was based on five people driving around at night on ride on lawnmowers.[/paraphrase] We don't know anywhere near as much about the oceans as you (and many other people, to be fair) seem to think.
bonj said:it's proof that new species are evolving all the time, being as it is a newly evolved fish that didn't exist prior to it being discovered, otherwise it would have been discovered earlier. it's also clearly a very intelligent, discerning fish, and an interesting shape.