One evening last week the skinny one was indulging himself by playing St Vitus Dance with the remote control (a habit I loathe).
He briefly landed on a program about mud-skippers, and I have been thinking about it ever since.
Mudskippers are amphibious fish, and this link will tell you a little more about them, with pictures. In the snippet I saw, the fish came out of the water at low tide, and using their flippers walked across the mud to feed. At the first hint of danger, they dived back into the water.
I assume their amphibious nature is an expression of their path down the evolutionary trail. But are they fish who are going to develop into land dwellers, or are they going back to the sea?
What will their final form look like?
And will the world last long enough for it to be realised?
It is crowded in my head, and there are some strange pathways to wander down...
He briefly landed on a program about mud-skippers, and I have been thinking about it ever since.
Mudskippers are amphibious fish, and this link will tell you a little more about them, with pictures. In the snippet I saw, the fish came out of the water at low tide, and using their flippers walked across the mud to feed. At the first hint of danger, they dived back into the water.
I assume their amphibious nature is an expression of their path down the evolutionary trail. But are they fish who are going to develop into land dwellers, or are they going back to the sea?
What will their final form look like?
And will the world last long enough for it to be realised?
It is crowded in my head, and there are some strange pathways to wander down...
