२९ मार्च, २०१७

"The pufferfish looks so pleased with itself as it works..."

"... as well it should be."

३६ टिप्पण्या:

Original Mike म्हणाले...

I was all prepared to make fun of the little fish, but damn!

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

Cute fish.

BN म्हणाले...

I never click these clickers. But today i did. How can one resist pufferfish? The word itself should be Laslo'd up and down and back and forth.

Anyway, I thought it was beautiful. And then I noticed the "Skip Ad" arrow in the corner, and I realized it was a commercial for something or druther, I don't know, I was on mute, but it was a beautiful place--I know, I don't get it either--that someone created that looked like a miniature Angora Watts, before the riots.

I don't know what to make of it, it was a silent add with pretty pictures. And I'm sorry I didn't get the chance to click on the Amazon portal or nothin' for the good Perfesser's vacation fund, I'm so sorry.

And alas, I never saw any pufferfish. Don't tell Laslo. I wanna hear his version.

Big Mike म्हणाले...

The things we males will do to attract the attention of a female.

Bad Lieutenant म्हणाले...

It's not perfect, but it's wonderful!

Don't know why the headline says itself. Obviously it's a male. Himself.

Birches म्हणाले...

Wow.

Birches म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Birches म्हणाले...

Did I see this one on Althouse or somewhere else? It is also awesome.

Earnest Prole म्हणाले...

Anthropomorphism: An antonym for theriomorphism?

fivewheels म्हणाले...

YouTube comments should never be read, but I kind of liked: "yet female puffer fish want 50 percent of the landscaping jobs"

The Cracker Emcee Refulgent म्हणाले...

If you can't see some glimmer of an Intelligent Designer in that, then you have soul of a cinder block.

Original Mike म्हणाले...

"If you can't see some glimmer of an Intelligent Designer in that, then you have soul of a cinder block."

Kinda like the Jesus on toast, huh?

BN म्हणाले...

"then you have soul of a tinder block."

Any soul is better than none.

BN म्हणाले...

And a tinder one is nicer.

StephenFearby म्हणाले...

Best poem in the link:

my name is puf
and wen its nite
or wen the water
feels just rite
i make a pattern
so complex
the lady fish
wil give me sex

posted by drlith


Clyde म्हणाले...

So did he get laid?

HoodlumDoodlum म्हणाले...

What do you want to bet the female pufferfish picked some bad boy shark instead?

buwaya म्हणाले...

Also interesting is that this is a new species, only discovered in 2014, and this discovery solved the mystery of the designs.

exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil म्हणाले...

Do the lady pufferfish comparison shop? "Well, this one's OK, but Bill's is bigger and has nicer shells."

Trumpit म्हणाले...

The innate artistic abilities of the Puffer is an argument for vegetarianism. Most animals except for dangerous (e.g. hunters) & ignorant humans have intrinsic value, if not extrinsic value. Few humans have as much creative talent as this "lowly" majestic fish. Puffer fish are on the menu in Japan and elsewhere. The Asians will eat anything that moves. The senseless / selfish killing of other species has gotta to stop. The worldwide pollution of the oceans has gotta stop. Trump is foolishly undoing Obama's important work on stopping global warming. Trump, a lowly puffed up, humorless dolt, has gotta be stopped as a first priority.

Ignorance is Bliss म्हणाले...

The Cracker Emcee said...

If you can't see some glimmer of an Intelligent Designer in that, then you have soul of a cinder block.

I can see more than a glimmer of an Intelligent Designer. I can see the Intelligent Designer swimming back and forth, moving sand with his fins, creating his design.

Curious George म्हणाले...

"He ploughs the sand, breaking it up into the finest of particles."

Ploughs the sand, yes. Breaks it up into the finest of particles, no.

Wince म्हणाले...

Reminds me of the Richard Dryfus character in Close Encounter of the Third Kind.

Fernandinande म्हणाले...

So a fish does something similar to what bees, wasps, ants, birds, etc. do, but apparently it's unusual because it's underwater.

The Cracker Emcee said...
If you can't see some glimmer of an Intelligent Designer in that, then you have soul of a cinder block.


You might have a gigantic ego, but I really don't think that qualifies you to judges anyone's soul. Asshole.

अनामित म्हणाले...

The delicious but deadly fugu?

Sebastian म्हणाले...

Some animals create artwork out of sand, others use words and pictures, what we now call "blogs." Same deal though.

David म्हणाले...

The fish's name is Jay Gatsby.

Titus म्हणाले...

I saw this program on Netflix. BBC Earth is fab. Can't remember the name of the host but he is awesome. I think this episode was all the ways males try to get females because they are horny and want to fuck.

The worst were walruses. They can kill each other for pussy. Male birds are prettier and more colorful than the bland females.

MathMom म्हणाले...

I sent this link to my husband, as a hint. I think he should do something like this to impress me! :o)

Dust Bunny Queen म्हणाले...

If you can't see some glimmer of an Intelligent Designer in that, then you have soul of a cinder block

That may be so, intelligent design. We will never know unless there is actually a chance to ask in the afterworld or the interim between lives. Henry Ward Beecher; "Now comes the mystery"

But....I see or think. How long, how many billion generations of fish did it take to come to this skill, strategy. How many failures along the way. What small increments of progress it must have been to get to this end result. What is next. How long will it take. Will we be around to even care?

MathMom म्हणाले...

This is my favorite

Bill म्हणाले...

Have to wonder what he's thinking, or feeling -- if anything. Is there any aesthetic pleasure involved in his task? He's not a human, but he's not a machine, either.

William म्हणाले...

Back in the day, I used to clean up my apartment before entertaining company. We are all pufferfish.

Luke Lea म्हणाले...

Well, I'll be the peacock's tail!

khematite म्हणाले...

"Don't bogart that puffer fish, my friend"

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dolphins-seem-to-use-toxic-pufferfish-to-get-high-180948219/

"The dolphins were filmed gently playing with the puffer, passing it between each other for 20 to 30 minutes at a time, unlike the fish they had caught as prey which were swiftly torn apart."

Be म्हणाले...

In terms of compensation for self-perceived lacks, this does kind of beat going into hock for a new harley davidson / muscle car / series of guitars.