Our HHMI students are going to the Morris Theater tonight to watch Finding Dory (fish are biological, so it fits). You’re all welcome to join us at 7!
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Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Our HHMI students are going to the Morris Theater tonight to watch Finding Dory (fish are biological, so it fits). You’re all welcome to join us at 7!
There was an interesting article in the The Age not long ago about how pet demand could threaten the Royal Blue Tang fish stocks. The article reported that Royal Blue Tangs couldn’t be bred in captivity; 100% were taken from the wild.
http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/fears-finding-dory-pet-demand-could-threaten-royal-blue-tang-fish-stocks-worldwide-20160623-gppvsc.html
The sad irony of a movie about how fish should be left in the wild creating a boom in keeping those same fish in captivity.
What input did biologists have into Finding Dory? Some actually:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v534/n7607/full/534325a.html
Thanks for sharing the link, Joseph. Interesting.
OTOH… there was so much biology fail in that movie, it’s rather irrelevant what specifics were contributed.
it’s a cartoon, not a documentary, and should be looked at in exactly that fashion.
I’d actually suggest EATING DORY as a better — or at least tastier — activity.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/john_dory
Actually makes fabulous fish & chips; I have fond memories of a chippie in the 80s that was often short on cod but always had John Dory…
I was at the Seattle Aquarium today. I couldn’t count the number of times I heard, “DORY!”
Also, harbour seal having an x-ray! Someone threw a penny in their enclosure and he swallowed it. :( He can’t regurge it and his intestines are too skinny to pass it so the coin’s just stuck in his tummy.