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Fish - Fish Eye barrel


image of a fish with eyes barrel (provided by National Geographic and filmed from the Monterey Bay Aquarium)

With this post I will start a new series (as if those outstanding were not enough). The goal
Fish at the main World Series wants to be to do a rundown of the various forms that the animal 'fish' can take, each time selecting a feature interesting and perhaps little known. Today we talk about

Opisthoproctidi , a relatively unknown family of fishes in the abyssal barrel-shaped eyes are sunken in the head in an upright position. In this way the fish can distinguish the silhouette of the bodies that pass over. They are however 'can also rotate forward, at least to see what they're putting in your mouth.
In the film the fish ( Macropinna microstomia ) has eyes in his head and see through the skull cap (soft) with the transparency thereof. Although known for decades, and 'was difficult to film live and in its natural environment.

I'll try 'to not only put fish abysmal (even if their triumphs) promised.

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Ghoti / Gothi - Conference

the undersigned in an international conference last year, fortunately the room was completely empty ..

Being busy with other things there have been many updates on the blog lately, it 'will be there next week since I'm away for a conference ..

therefore minimal post today and more 'ironic than anything else.

Do you know what are the Gothi?

Recently, the term refers to people who dress in Gothic style, a very popular category here at my place, which includes mostly 'heavy metal fan, but lately he has' extended to other categories of people. Dressed in black or purple, pale skin, black makeup (for men).

ancient times, the time of the Vikings (500-1300 AD more 'or less) in Scandinavia, the term referred to a boss or a prelate. This term probably derived from the word Goths (Population) and Gothic (language) Germanic nell'areale localized but already 'in decline in 500 AD.

What has this to do with fish? Am I completely crazy?

No quiet, and 'just that George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature for the Oscar-winning film, besides being a socialist ultraconvinto also had a wicked sense of humor in the English language.

E 'generally ascribed to him the construction of the word Ghoti to illustrate the inconsistencies of the English language.
fact, the word fish (fish) could be pronounced as ghoti (invented word) place:

gh,  pronunciata  /f/  come in  tough   /tʌf/ ;

o,  pronunciata  /ɪ/  come in  women   /ˈwɪmɪn/ ; and

ti,  pronunciata  /ʃ/  come in  nation   /ˈne͡ɪʃən/ .

Many linguists have fought if this word is valid only as a joke and probably not 'even an idea of \u200b\u200bGB Shaw, however,' the editors of a magazine as serious as Fish and Fisheries has established a special section called Ghoti within their which are home to letters, comments and opinions.

Scientists have a sense of humor all their own.