Comments on: Fish with transparent head http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 20:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: nehpetsE http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-421888 nehpetsE Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-421888 obviously fake. Its just an inflated condom with some capsela parts inside it. obviously fake.
Its just an inflated condom with some capsela parts inside it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422144 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422144 it's probally hard to sneak up on it’s probally hard to sneak up on

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422912 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422912 only when you apply current across his emitter. only when you apply current across his emitter.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-421633 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-421633 I wish my head was transparent instead of just, er, bald. I wish my head was transparent instead of just, er, bald.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422401 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422401 <i>But the real question is, did the tortoise TASTE good?</i> 150 year-old Galapagos tortoise? It wouldn't be my first choice for dinner. With all those tasty, young marine iguanas running around, eating the tortoise was just spiteful. But the real question is, did the tortoise TASTE good?

150 year-old Galapagos tortoise? It wouldn’t be my first choice for dinner. With all those tasty, young marine iguanas running around, eating the tortoise was just spiteful.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422402 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422402 When I read articles such as this I sometimes feel ashamed to be a human. With all these brains it didn't occur to them to create an aquarium that would have allowed to creature to live, thus giving them more time to study it? We obviously haven't evolved as much as we like to think. Wolves have a better moral system than humans do. @82 You are right on the money.. When I read articles such as this I sometimes feel ashamed to be a human. With all these brains it didn’t occur to them to create an aquarium that would have allowed to creature to live, thus giving them more time to study it? We obviously haven’t evolved as much as we like to think.

Wolves have a better moral system than humans do.

@82 You are right on the money..

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422147 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422147 poor fish had to die for us to find out that its head is in fact see-through. what good does this do, what purpose did the fish die for? such a waste. how many did they kill trying to bring to the surface through the nets? poor fish had to die for us to find out that its head is in fact see-through. what good does this do, what purpose did the fish die for? such a waste. how many did they kill trying to bring to the surface through the nets?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422403 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422403 I think I'm related to this fish...my wife has been telling me that I'm transparent for many years....... I think I’m related to this fish…my wife has been telling me that I’m transparent for many years…….

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422659 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422659 #150 is right. But perhaps dead bodies are hard to come by in the ocean oh-so-deep. Few points: 1) I understand those pitying the fish. I pity it too because I hate to see anything allowed to die/killed/murdered/slaughtered, etc. I love all life, especially worms, fish, reptiles, and plants. It probably had a pretty terrifying end and I hope it wasn't too painful or horrific. 2) I understand those saying the fish is "just one fish". It's true. We eat all sorts of things all day. Life is life and in order to live, anything heterotrophic needs to eat. I think people are just unwilling to understand that much of scientific material is not collected when something is alive; we can only know the true nature of every piece of an animal after studying its corpse. 3) I DON'T understand why people are arguing about it (although I do see that this is far more civilized than most arguments/discussions I've seen before) when the fish is already dead. We can hope that the scientists have all they need from this dead specimen so they don't need to sacrifice another life. Chances are, though, that it won't be the last funny-looking fish to die. We have to accept that we are not omniscient and that we cannot just look at something and know all there is to know about it. Because of our lack of knowledge and magical powers, we have to kill to gain knowledge. #150 is right. But perhaps dead bodies are hard to come by in the ocean oh-so-deep.

Few points:

1) I understand those pitying the fish. I pity it too because I hate to see anything allowed to die/killed/murdered/slaughtered, etc. I love all life, especially worms, fish, reptiles, and plants. It probably had a pretty terrifying end and I hope it wasn’t too painful or horrific.

2) I understand those saying the fish is “just one fish”. It’s true. We eat all sorts of things all day. Life is life and in order to live, anything heterotrophic needs to eat. I think people are just unwilling to understand that much of scientific material is not collected when something is alive; we can only know the true nature of every piece of an animal after studying its corpse.

3) I DON’T understand why people are arguing about it (although I do see that this is far more civilized than most arguments/discussions I’ve seen before) when the fish is already dead. We can hope that the scientists have all they need from this dead specimen so they don’t need to sacrifice another life. Chances are, though, that it won’t be the last funny-looking fish to die.

We have to accept that we are not omniscient and that we cannot just look at something and know all there is to know about it. Because of our lack of knowledge and magical powers, we have to kill to gain knowledge.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422404 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422404 Oh man! I saw this on the World Weekly News website and just assumed it was fake. So it looks like Bat Boy endorsing Obama was real, then too. Oh man! I saw this on the World Weekly News website and just assumed it was fake.

So it looks like Bat Boy endorsing Obama was real, then too.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422149 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422149 "...they were able to bring a net-caught barreleye to the surface alive, where it survived for several hours in a ship-board aquarium." so glad we could kill such a beautiful creature just for our amusement. cuz knowing it has this shield is gonna cure cancer or something. glad 2 know no one is wasting their time or our tax dollars. psht “…they were able to bring a net-caught barreleye to the surface alive, where it survived for several hours in a ship-board aquarium.”

so glad we could kill such a beautiful creature just for our amusement. cuz knowing it has this shield is gonna cure cancer or something. glad 2 know no one is wasting their time or our tax dollars.

psht

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422150 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422150 Obviously, the researchers made a mistake. That is not fish. That is a submarine model XQZ11 belonging to the tiny Atlantean race, but if it makes you happy you can call a fish. Obviously, the researchers made a mistake. That is not fish. That is a submarine model XQZ11 belonging to the tiny Atlantean race, but if it makes you happy you can call a fish.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422662 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422662 my name is casey that is totally the grossest thing ever! I am in 4A! my name is casey that is totally the grossest thing ever! I am in 4A!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422151 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422151 AWESOME ........... AWESOME ………..

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422663 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422663 Perhaps it is very intriguing that such a discovery is made. However the setbacks from people of a narrow mindset has been and will always be the bane of scientific research. it is unfortunate. Altough, congratulations to the scientists who made the research, as it could prove to be beneficial in the future. :) Perhaps it is very intriguing that such a discovery is made. However the setbacks from people of a narrow mindset has been and will always be the bane of scientific research. it is unfortunate. Altough, congratulations to the scientists who made the research, as it could prove to be beneficial in the future. :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422664 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422664 amazing its like you can see its brains ewwwwww amazing its like you can see its brains ewwwwww

]]> By: Delthalas http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422920 Delthalas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422920 I wrote #180 too. I wrote #180 too.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422665 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422665 this is so cool!!! but the fishy is really cute!! but creepy, like are those green things its eye scokets? lol. but poor fishy, he died because of the curiosity of the world. awww!!! lol. but it is a really neat picture. i wish i had a transparent head!!! it almost looks animated. this is so cool!!! but the fishy is really cute!! but creepy, like are those green things its eye scokets? lol. but poor fishy, he died because of the curiosity of the world. awww!!! lol. but it is a really neat picture. i wish i had a transparent head!!! it almost looks animated.

]]> By: eric the red http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422154 eric the red Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422154 I have dated some women before who had transparent heads...kind of scary. I have dated some women before who had transparent heads…kind of scary.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422667 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422667 dudeee i want it as pet ! dudeee i want it as pet !

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422158 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422158 Did the fish survive observation?? Did the fish survive observation??

]]> By: wormbaby http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422414 wormbaby Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422414 I think the people worring about this "poor fish" dying and those wondering about taste need to know they are not rare nor in danger of extintion but worst of all max size 4.4 cm. A big Anchovy is 15 cm so you are not going to taste much at all! I think the people worring about this “poor fish” dying and those wondering about taste need to know they are not rare nor in danger of extintion but worst of all max size 4.4 cm. A big Anchovy is 15 cm so you are not going to taste much at all!

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422926 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422926 Delthalas, Why don't you take the night off to read the Mod Policy. Delthalas,

Why don’t you take the night off to read the Mod Policy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-423950 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-423950 nice fish, big fuckin eyes but nice fish. Quote From Bad Boy's 2 nice fish, big fuckin eyes but nice fish. Quote From Bad Boy’s 2

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422163 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422163 COOL!!! It's sad that it died though. And this goes to the people who want a transparent head: Ew. You can see all the blood veins and your brain and other icky stuff. I'd rather be bald, David. COOL!!! It’s sad that it died though. And this goes to the people who want a transparent head: Ew. You can see all the blood veins and your brain and other icky stuff. I’d rather be bald, David.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422421 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422421 wow this is pretty cool but just a little creepy at the same time wow this is pretty cool but just a little creepy at the same time

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422677 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422677 waat in the hail is <i>that thing</i>? waat in the hail is that thing?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422166 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422166 Supreme God is amazing...Fish can have Third Eye too? WOW!!! so incredible! Supreme God is amazing…Fish can have Third Eye too? WOW!!! so incredible!

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-422422 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-422422 I love the way people get hysterical about a single fish being caught, examined and killed for the purposes of scientific research. Get some perspective. What about all the bird life, adult sea-turtles and dolphins that die daily in drift nets and on long lines, so we can enjoy a tuna sandwich? What about the poor dam tuna? Vegan anti-vivisection activists only on that one, please. I love the way people get hysterical about a single fish being caught, examined and killed for the purposes of scientific research.

Get some perspective. What about all the bird life, adult sea-turtles and dolphins that die daily in drift nets and on long lines, so we can enjoy a tuna sandwich? What about the poor dam tuna?

Vegan anti-vivisection activists only on that one, please.

]]> By: Jeff http://boingboing.net/2009/02/25/fish-with-transparen.html#comment-421655 Jeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-421655 Dave, your brain could get sunburned! It's a very Robby the Robot kinda look. Splice in a few glow genes and it gets evern cooler. Dave, your brain could get sunburned! It’s a very Robby the Robot kinda look. Splice in a few glow genes and it gets evern cooler.

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