So here it is:
The fossil in the picture is a Tiktaalik. Tiktaalik is a transitional genus that is part way between being a fish and an amphibian. As the caption Ron put up with the MotiFake poster explained:
This is Tiktaalik. He is an example of a true Transitional Fossil. He has both fishy and lizardy parts. I really don’t know what more fundies want.
What rational people want is for schools to teach evolution and other aspects of scientific knowledge that various religious groups and other groups feel are offensive simply because it contradicts their beliefs. We don't want our copyrighted posters disappearing, either.
So Tiktaalik is now safely stored on my computer, where he can erupt onto the Internet any time he's needed.
If you want a more complete explanation of what Tiktaalik means to evolution, check out Dana Hunter's Sunday Science article.
UPDATE: Gen has a Spanish language version:
Muy caliente!
UPDATE 2: Believe it or not, there's a Tiktaalik Song, and music video.
6 comments:
Hee. I loves it!
"So Tiktaalik is now safely stored on my computer, where he can erupt onto the Internet any time he's needed."
I've got the Jaws theme running through my head...
In other news, captchas are getting bizarre. Pitanest? WTF? Since when did pitas begin nesting?
I got the celeocanth (living fossils), too, if that disappears :-)
nice of you to bring this up
I was thinking more along the lines of Batman, Dana. ;-)
Thanks, newtonusr. We probably need to set up caches of all this stuff. Looks like the religious nuts have gotten it into their heads that they should complain about anything that offends their religious sensibilities to the people who run these sites. Having the things on our own computers at least means they won't be lost.
Tiktaalik. Fish. Attack. For some reason, I wasn't thinking Batman. But now that you mention it....
Too cool. But before it was revealed as beeing both fishy and lizardy was I the only one who thought it also looked a bit moccasiny too? So part fish, part lizard, part footware? Or maybe that is just simple protective camo. :-)
It looks to me like one of those things people used to put in shoes to keep them the right shape.
I'm thinking that unless there were animals around that looked like wingtips or oxfords then their appearance wouldn't have been all that useful as camouflage.
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