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One of the hard truths of evolution is that it's an arms race. Every time something evolves to exploit a niche, something else evolves to compete with it.

The evolution of such creatures as the mudskipper and the lungfish, who could escape their aquatic predators by heaving themselves into the inhospitable environment known as dry land, seemed an insurmountable barrier. Eventually, however, the walking oscar evolved, a streamlined wading fish capable of picking its way along the beach and, in extreme cases, running down its startled prey on foot.

The sight of an entire school of walking oscars out for a jog is one of the most magnificent--and arguably most surreal--in the animal kingdom.

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~CyberPhantom May 12, 2008  Hobbyist General Artist
Paraphrasing Tim Minchin, on the subject of evolution (namely, fish with feet, hence why I bring it up:

...Now, imagine if Oscar could look into the future, and he would see one of his descendants, a carpenter called Jesus of Nazareth, having nails driven into his feet due to a schizophrenic discourse with a God created to explain the existence of feet in the absence of the knowledge of the existence of Oscar.

It might just blow his fishy mind.

:)
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~technoturtle May 12, 2008
This is awesome! When will I be able to find one at my local pet store? :D
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~xbluexjayx May 11, 2008
Your mind must be one of the most wierd, wonderful and frightning places in the universe.
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~apeman505 May 11, 2008
That is most awesome.
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~thesavagehamster May 10, 2008  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Oscars are the sweetest fish too...

I had one. Called it Oscar
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*MotorKat May 10, 2008  Hobbyist General Artist
omg, my old biology teacher had an Oscar...

he named it Oscar the Grouch, b'cause it was a Scary-lookin' specimen. it also tried to bite my finger and escape the aquarium on more than one occasion... :o

this one makes Oscars look cuddly, when they're not :sprint:
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~ice-creamy May 10, 2008
poor thing, the birds will never except him, not even the chickens
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~Taluria May 10, 2008
I adore his feet! XD
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~Dreams-of-all May 10, 2008
Oscars. XD Depending on who you ask, the smartest fish ever or the stupidest--and I'm not sure which would be worse.

...Those legs are kind of frightening. They are also making me try to imagine what a sandpiper and an Oscar would look like when mating, because it definitely looks like an Oscar-sandpiper hybrid. Thingy...

Need to go stop thinking now.

(But relaly, fantastic picture! Really, really cool--you make some geeky bio-nerd part of me deeply, deeply happy.)
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~Duzloo May 10, 2008  Student Interface Designer
That gave me a smile. You made my day! :giggle:
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