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More on Tiktaalik roseae

Topic Categories: Humor
Posted on: April 7, 2006 1:04 PM, by "GrrlScientist"

By Tony Auth. Click image to be magically transported to the Washington Post, where it is linked from.


Thanks, Ian!

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  • Newsweek on Tiktaalik and Pandas from The Panda's Thumb
    It looks like Jerry Adler of Newsweek has seen the same problem I did with the reaction of the “leading researchers” of ID to Tiktaalik. See “Evolution: If It Walks Like a Fish…” PS: See also this cartoon from... Read More
    Tracked on April 9, 2006 5:22 PM

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1

Oh, that just made my day. Thank you! : ) :) : )

Posted by: Dan S. | April 7, 2006 3:41 PM

2

Some of the Evangelicals/Young Earth Creationists I know here in Houston (where they ubiquitous) still seem stunned by the news. But most of them have taken the discovery in stride. The wingnut paralegal next door to where I work said I shall keep going astray if I let such matters distract me from "things of the spirit."

Posted by: biosparite | April 7, 2006 6:48 PM

3

It's actually a very funny cartoon... thanks for posting.

Now, for the nitpicking: didn't the first lobe-finned fish, including tiktaalik, all live in rivers?

Posted by: Alon Levy | April 7, 2006 7:45 PM

4

Additional nitpicking!

Isn't most of the herbage flowering plants?
(Looks like two palm trees at the back and two disgruntled daisies at the front.)
Pretty sure they were much later to the party?

Posted by: nuytsia | April 9, 2006 8:33 PM

5

yes, indeed. flowering plants came along much later. and most of them still lack the capacity to talk (although i live with several talented specimens that communicate regularly with me!).

Posted by: GrrlScientist | April 9, 2006 8:37 PM

6

So the next panel is the other flower saying, "Holy crap! A talking flower!"?

Posted by: mealworm | April 12, 2006 12:21 PM

7

To funny for nitpicking !

Posted by: Ramirezi | May 30, 2006 1:36 PM

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