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Hands and Fins Share Common Genetic Origin

Scientific research continues to prove, time and time again, that evolution is factual and not just a fanciful suggestion by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace. Naturally, this is in conflict with religious belief that suggests, incorrectly so, that God created … Continue reading

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‘Alien’ Catfish Baffles Scientists

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Elizabeth Palermo, Live Science Contributor Kryptoglanis shajii is a tiny, subterranean catfish with a number of defining skeletal features, including a bulging lower jaw similar to a bulldog’s. The fish’s … Continue reading

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How low can you go? This whale is the champion of deep diving

Whales are fascinating animals. TGO Refer to story below. Source: Reuters By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – If there were a gold medal for cetacean diving, it undoubtedly would go to the Cuvier’s beaked whale. Scientists said on Wednesday they … Continue reading

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Strange Ancient Fish Had Front And Back Legs

Interesting stuff… TGO Refer to story below. Source: LiveScience By Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience Contributor The closest known relative of the ancestors of limbed animals such as humans likely evolved the foundation for rear legs even before the move to … Continue reading

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Big mako shark caught off Calif. could be record

Wow, that’s quite a catch! TGO Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press By Gillian Flaccus, The Associated Press | Associated Press HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – News that a sport-fisherman reeled in — and kept — a potentially record-setting mako … Continue reading

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Massive 40-Foot Shark Pulled From the Arabian Sea

That is one BIG fish! TGO Refer to brief story below. Source: The Atlantic Wire By Dashiell Bennett | The Atlantic Wire – Wed, Feb 8, 2012 A massive whale shark that may be among the largest fish ever caught, was pulled … Continue reading

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