The three-eyed fish from The Simpsons was an Argentine - Polidicks

[IMG]http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2011/10/blinky_fish.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE][B]Cordoba A group of fishermen caught a three-eyed wolf fish in a lake near a nuclear power plant in Cordova.[/B]The discovery occurred in the reservoir lake called [B]"Hot Water Jet",[/B] which is located near the nuclear power [B]dam[/B] , as published in the site Cordoba [I]String3.[/I] [B]"We were fishing and we got the surprise of getting this rare specimen. As it was dark at that time we did not notice, but then you looked at him with a flashlight and saw that he had a third eye,"[/B] Julian told Zmutt, one of the fishermen. Zmutt said it was the first time that happens and that [B]the discovery began to worry people because "they start talking about nuclear power."[/B] He added that the copy is in the freezer of one of the fishermen and that after some tests he thinks make embalming. [B][/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.infobae.com/notas/613506-El-pez-de-tres-ojos-de-los-Simpson-era-argentino.html[/URL][/B] That sounds fishy

Cool. Check it out. [IMG]http://www.infobae.com/adjuntos/jpg/2011/10/475422.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.infobae.com/adjuntos/jpg/2011/10/475421.jpg[/IMG] EDIT: You bastard, you added the pictures after me. :(

So that's where I put my nuclear waste.

[QUOTE=-Rusty-;33007089]Cool. Check it out. [IMG]http://www.infobae.com/adjuntos/jpg/2011/10/475422.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.infobae.com/adjuntos/jpg/2011/10/475421.jpg[/IMG] EDIT: You bastard, you added the pictures after me. :([/QUOTE] Its okay, have a heart, for your effort.

is this real?

[QUOTE=peaceful guy;33007136]is this real?[/QUOTE] No, go back to sleep.

It was also in futurama.

Put it back and let it breed We'll have a species of three-eyed fish

[QUOTE=ForestRaptor;33008420]Put it back and let it breed We'll have a species of three-eyed fish[/QUOTE] The species would probably die out soon though, due to extra energy demand, and it's also probable it can't even use the third eye, or that it somehow distorts its vision, as fishes (and most animals) only have two optic lobes and in order to have more functioning eyes it'd need a dramatic restructuring of its brain as well. The chance that this has happened with the fish is astronomically small, most likely it's just a mutation that made it grow a regular eye in place of its parietal eye. If 3 or more eyes would have any evolutionary advantage over two eyes then 99.9% (or more) of all species on Earth wouldn't only have two of them.

The only solution is to put a massive dome over the city where they found the fish.

[QUOTE=Mindtwistah;33009516]The species would probably die out soon though, due to extra energy demand, and it's also probable it can't even use the third eye, or that it somehow distorts its vision, as fishes (and most animals) only have two optic lobes and in order to have more functioning eyes it'd need a dramatic restructuring of its brain as well. The chance that this has happened with the fish is astronomically small, most likely it's just a mutation that made it grow a regular eye in place of its parietal eye. If 3 or more eyes would have any evolutionary advantage over two eyes then 99.9% (or more) of all species on Earth wouldn't only have two of them.[/QUOTE] Shut it, nerd. We're putting the race of super fish back into the wild!

[QUOTE=Mindtwistah;33009516]The species would probably die out soon though, due to extra energy demand, and it's also probable it can't even use the third eye, or that it somehow distorts its vision, as fishes (and most animals) only have two optic lobes and in order to have more functioning eyes it'd need a dramatic restructuring of its brain as well. The chance that this has happened with the fish is astronomically small, most likely it's just a mutation that made it grow a regular eye in place of its parietal eye. If 3 or more eyes would have any evolutionary advantage over two eyes then 99.9% (or more) of all species on Earth wouldn't only have two of them.[/QUOTE] I can't tell if you know what you're talking about or not..

For some reason it reminds me of the Varren from Mass Effect. [IMG]http://images.wikia.com/masseffect/images/f/f5/Varren.png[/IMG]

What are the chances of this happening as a result of the radiation from a nuclear plant? Seems like something is wrong here.

I thought radiation killed cells, not mutated them. It might be genetic. Although I might be wrong

[QUOTE=bunnyspy1;33020343]I thought radiation killed cells, not mutated them. It might be genetic. Although I might be wrong[/QUOTE] radiation messes up the DNA, when the mutated cell undergoes mitosis (cell divisi... ah fuck that radiation causes mutations, most of the time the mutations are bad and cause things like tumors. other times it causes a beneficial mutation.

it's called Blinky

[QUOTE=geogzm;33020094]I can't tell if you know what you're talking about or not..[/QUOTE] What would imply that I don't?

It got fucked up so perfectly that a third eye appeared. I wish I lived in nuclear waste.

[QUOTE=Swebonny;33021466]It got fucked up so perfectly that a third eye appeared. I wish I lived in nuclear waste.[/QUOTE] Do you like cancer?

You don't get a third eye just like that. And this one doesn't even look like an eye.

For a mutation that eye is amazingly well centered on it's head.

I wonder how the body perfectly placed it in the middle of the head... Why not randomly on its side?

[QUOTE=Electrocuter;33031384]For a mutation that eye is amazingly well centered on it's head.[/QUOTE] I agree. Makes me wonder if it's the first and only one.

[QUOTE=Draginz;33020269]What are the chances of this happening as a result of the radiation from a nuclear plant? Seems like something is wrong here.[/QUOTE] I don't know what to think of this... Oh well... Extra deliciousness!

Genetic mutations rarely create something that wasn't there before. There is a much greater chance of information being deleted.

[QUOTE=DoctorSalt;33031765]Genetic mutations rarely create something that wasn't there before. There is a much greater chance of information being deleted.[/QUOTE] Well obviously it deleted the information of how many eyes it has.

[QUOTE=Mindtwistah;33009516]If 3 or more eyes would have any evolutionary advantage over two eyes then 99.9% (or more) of all species on Earth wouldn't only have two of them.[/QUOTE] That argument is wrong. Species can have unique or very rare adaptations, the idea that just because allot of species don't have something no species can is totally wrong. For instance; * Humans are unusually intelligent and can finely manipulate objects. * Spiders can squirt a web that is stronger than it's weight in steel * Venus fly traps attract flies and digest them * Chameleons change their colour for camouflage How can you possibly say that having 3 eyes has no evolutionary advantage. Here are a few that might effect this fish. * Having 3 eyes gives the fish a large field of view to escape from predators as well as the depth perception necessary for hunting * The fish is adapted to swimming in water which damages its eyes, it has an additional eye so it can function with 2 eyes while one is closed healing. * The third eye has a large amount of rods and is used to detect the shadow of a predator when the fish is in shallow water. In conclusion, your argument is wrong.

[I]Only in Argentina.[/I]

[QUOTE=Catesby;33032663]That argument is wrong. Species can have unique or very rare adaptations, the idea that just because allot of species don't have something no species can is totally wrong. For instance; * Humans are unusually intelligent and can finely manipulate objects. * Spiders can squirt a web that is stronger than it's weight in steel * Venus fly traps attract flies and digest them * Chameleons change their colour for camouflage How can you possibly say that having 3 eyes has no evolutionary advantage. Here are a few that might effect this fish. * Having 3 eyes gives the fish a large field of view to escape from predators as well as the depth perception necessary for hunting * The fish is adapted to swimming in water which damages its eyes, it has an additional eye so it can function with 2 eyes while one is closed healing. * The third eye has a large amount of rods and is used to detect the shadow of a predator when the fish is in shallow water. In conclusion, your argument is wrong.[/QUOTE] If so, why couldn't humans evolve with four arms instead of two?