Comments on: Bouncing, "Psychedelic" Fish Is Declared a New Species http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: ForestWander Nature Photography http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5775 ForestWander Nature Photography Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:24:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5775 Very cool! I bet there are hundreds or even thousands more yet to be discovered. The ocean is one of the frontiers yet to be explored completely! Very cool!

I bet there are hundreds or even thousands more yet to be discovered.

The ocean is one of the frontiers yet to be explored completely!

]]> By: Eliza Strickland http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5774 Eliza Strickland Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:39:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5774 What a wonderful quote! What a wonderful quote!

]]> By: cacs http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5773 cacs Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:22:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5773 I wonder what evolutionary advantage the bounce gives this creature, and if the males and females are equally adept bouncers. Maybe it's a mating ploy. Reminds me of the quote in the beginning of Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby: "Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;/ If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, / Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, I must have you!" I wonder what evolutionary advantage the bounce gives this creature, and if the males and females are equally adept bouncers. Maybe it’s a mating ploy. Reminds me of the quote in the beginning of Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby: “Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;/ If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, / Till she cry “Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover, I must have you!”

]]> By: errol d. wall http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5772 errol d. wall Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:34:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5772 the beauty of nature~ the beauty of nature~

]]> By: Matt Tarditti http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5771 Matt Tarditti Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:33:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5771 OK...so first we have "crazy psychedelic bouncy fish" guy. And now this... http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2009/barreleye/barreleye.html New plan for 2009: Step 1 - Breed fish together to create "crazy bouncy transparent head fish with psychedelic barrel eyes". Step 2 - Awesomeness achieved. OK…so first we have “crazy psychedelic bouncy fish” guy. And now this…

http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2009/barreleye/barreleye.html

New plan for 2009:
Step 1 – Breed fish together to create “crazy bouncy transparent head fish with psychedelic barrel eyes”.
Step 2 – Awesomeness achieved.

]]> By: Jumblepudding http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5770 Jumblepudding Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:53:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5770 Evolution is more creative than Jim Henson Evolution is more creative than Jim Henson

]]> By: Drew F http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5769 Drew F Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:13:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5769 So now we have lobe-finned, ray-finned, and jet propulsion-finned fish. Crazy world. So now we have lobe-finned, ray-finned, and jet propulsion-finned fish.
Crazy world.

]]> By: David Sulik http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5768 David Sulik Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:51:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5768 If this is a new species that bounces along the bottom I suggest in be called the 0o9-Stockmarket Fish. Shhhhh the drugs that the bank leaders are on is a secret. If this is a new species that bounces along the bottom I suggest in be called the 0o9-Stockmarket Fish. Shhhhh the drugs that the bank leaders are on is a secret.

]]> By: UsedpcGames http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5767 UsedpcGames Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:29:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/02/27/bouncing-psychedelic-fish-is-declared-a-new-species/#comment-5767 wow, awesome wow, awesome

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