New Species of Fish With Hands

Elena · #1 by **Elena** » Jun 21, 2011 2:05 pm

Nine Fish With "Hands" Found to Be New Species

Living relatives of Tiktaalik?

Animavore · #2 by **Animavore** » Jun 21, 2011 2:09 pm

Tiktaalic was a lobe fin fish. These are ray finned so no.

trubble76 · #3 by **trubble76** » Jun 21, 2011 2:10 pm

I like that little red chap!
I bet it tastes of strawberries.
:plot:

Mazille · #4 by **Mazille** » Jun 21, 2011 2:23 pm

Culinary musings aside, I think that red guy looks really mean. I bet he can kick fish ass all day long.

Grace · #5 by **Grace** » Jun 21, 2011 3:24 pm

I knew a species would come along and take the place of humans after we destroy ourselves. I just didn't think it would be a fish.

Ciwan · #6 by **Ciwan** » Jun 21, 2011 3:32 pm

Nice ! they look awesome

Grace · #7 by **Grace** » Jun 21, 2011 8:01 pm

Now all they have to do is develop a fore brain that will allow them to invent and drive fast cars.

Do you suppose we could leave them a manual encouraging them not develop nuclear weapons and nuclear energy?

mraltair · #8 by **mraltair** » Jun 21, 2011 8:30 pm

Grace wrote:Now all they have to do is develop a fore brain that will allow them to invent and drive fast cars.

Or make us build and drive cars for them. :shock:

HughMcB · #9 by **HughMcB** » Jun 21, 2011 8:36 pm

Looks like the Fighting Hellfish logo!

[Reveal] Spoiler:

mraltair · **#10** by **mraltair** » Jun 21, 2011 8:41 pm

After a second, closer look that red guy looks like he has a scar with crude stitching running around his eye all the way down the length of his body. That must have been one hell of a fight!

Mazille · **#11** by **Mazille** » Jun 21, 2011 8:44 pm

I for one welcome our new finned overlords.

sennekuyl · **#12** by **sennekuyl** » Jun 21, 2011 9:35 pm

Grace wrote:<snip>
Do you suppose we could leave them a manual encouraging them not develop nuclear weapons

How do you think they got hands? :what:

Grace wrote:and nuclear energy?

If you are going to leave someone/thing a manual, why would you encourage them to not use the best method of leaving this particular basket?

I'd be trying to jump-start them on our best practices not deny them reasonable technologies.

HughMcB · **#13** by **HughMcB** » Jun 21, 2011 10:07 pm

The ethics of a global handover to old fish hands... :popcorn:

Paul G · **#14** by **Paul G** » Jun 22, 2011 12:45 pm

Walking fish are cool, didn't know there were as many as 11.

laklak · **#15** by **laklak** » Jun 22, 2011 1:13 pm

I think we leave them instructions on how to build the internet and see how long it takes to fill up with porn.

Mazille · **#16** by **Mazille** » Jun 22, 2011 1:18 pm

laklak wrote:I think we leave them instructions on how to build the internet and see how long it takes to fill up with porn.

Well, they do have hands, which is a prerequisite for developing a porn industry, I guess. :think:

Horwood Beer-Master · **#17** by **Horwood Beer-Master** » Nov 30, 2011 2:06 pm

Animavore wrote:Tiktaalic was a lobe fin fish. These are ray finned so no.

Although it would be interesting to study the genetics and embryology behind these, and other, atypical fin morphologies, and compare them with what we know about limb development in tetrapods.

I'd be nice to know where evolution is repeating the same tricks, and where it's doing thing differently.

Nautilidae · **#18** by **Nautilidae** » Nov 30, 2011 7:13 pm

I've heard of dead-fish handshakes, but this...

james1v · **#19** by **james1v** » Nov 30, 2011 7:25 pm

Paul G wrote:Walking fish are cool, didn't know there were as many as 11.

I'm guessing there's loads more than eleven types of fish with hands. It would explain why every supermarket has freezers full of fish fingers. :think:

Ironclad · **#20** by **Ironclad** » Nov 30, 2011 7:26 pm

They are frog-fish aren't they? An angler-fish. There are loads of flavours, my favourite is the psychedelic frogfish (Histiophryne psychedelica). It's like, made of magic or sparkles or something like that.
The striated frogfish is hard to look at for any length of time, it's appearance hits my SAN for 8 points. Look for it on Wiki, if you dare.

This is sort of cute.