Fish with the human head (In Japan)
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Looks a tad fake leh
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This reminds me of one of the silliest games for the defunct Sega Dreamcast console... Seaman
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lucky i took my breakfast liaoz. Otherwise no more apetite.
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reminds mi of ps2 contra extreme stage 4 boss.....
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Reminds me of an artist's signature. -
hmm..taken from the real thing?Originally posted by the Bear:This reminds me of one of the silliest games for the defunct Sega Dreamcast console... Seaman -
probably a Coelacanth.......having limb-like structures.......
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FIRE ICE!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by kopiosatu:FIRE ICE!!!!!!!!!!!
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Anatomy of the CoelacanthOriginally posted by NeonTetra:probably a Coelacanth.......having limb-like structures.......
In 1836, the eminent naturalist Louis Agassiz first described a fossil fish he called Coelacanthus (Greek for "hollow spine"). Since then, fossils of some 125 species of coelacanth have turned up, dating from about 400 to 66 million years ago. After that, they vanish from the fossil record and so were thought to have gone extinct 66 million years ago. Then, in 1938, a living coelacanth was caught off South Africa. Since that historic find, many other individual coelacanths, including specimens of a new species in Indonesia, have come to the surface, enabling scientists to carefully study this most unique creature. -
Unlike most living fishes, the two living species of coelacanths, along with six living species of lungfishes, belong to a group known as the lobe-finned fishes. Projecting from the body on stalks rather than attaching directly to the body, these fishes' paired lobe fins are supported by the same basic bones as your arms and legs. Coelacanths even move their paired fins much like land animals move their limbs: the right pectoral fin moves in conjunction with the left pelvic fin, for example. And their movement is extremely dexterous. They scull the water like oars and can rotate through 180°. -
"Local legends in and around the Nile Delta Region tells of a mysterious animal called the Man of the Sea that spoke to humans and possessed great knowledge of the ancient world. Much of the legend and mythos surrounding the Seaman has to do with the fact that there is so little hard evidence on the creature. Even though one was bred in captivity and was on display in aquariums across Japan, it remains a mystery as to what the creature is or how it will evolve. Sightings of the creature are rare and interaction with one in the wild is even more so.
Much of the speculation surrounds SeamanÂ’s connection to ancient Egypt. The greatest mystery of the ancient Egyptian civilization is the sudden appearance of an advanced society in the middle of the desert. Normally, intermediate steps can be observed in the development of any civilization. There have been, however, absolutely no such discoveries that could explain the development of ancient Egypt. Some people have even tried to tie the existence of these creatures to creatures from outer space. The reasoning behind their theory was that the ancient Egyptian civilization appeared suddenly, with unknown origins and was technologically advanced enough to build pyramids -- a feat of engineering that is challenging enough with modern equipment and technology.
Images of Seaman began appearing in ancient Egypt around 2600 B.C., after the ancient third dynasty, as wall paintings. The third dynasty is famous for being the beginning of the rush to build pyramids. Prior to that time, there is no record of the existence of Seaman, and after the later half of the third dynasty hardly any drawings of Seaman exist. There are, moreover, absolutely no records of how the pyramids were constructed.
Dr. Gassé hypothesized that because this creature could interact and speak with human beings, it served as a medium to transmit human knowledge. He came to believe that the knowledge necessary to construct the pyramids was somehow entrusted in Seaman, and then spread to other ancient civilizations as well. Considering all the conditions, Professor Gassé constructed the hypothesis that a living creature (i.e. Seaman) could take the knowledge that existed during the third dynasty, and cross oceans to spread the knowledge to other lands. Gassé even started to believe that the creatures spread knowledge to other civilizations that propagated and flourished. Moreover, he felt that it was through Seaman that ancient Egyptian mathematics were transmitted. " -
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Originally posted by PaJeRoMiNi Ver 1.0:
Unlike most living fishes, the two living species of coelacanths, along with six living species of lungfishes, belong to a group known as the lobe-finned fishes. Projecting from the body on stalks rather than attaching directly to the body, these fishes' paired lobe fins are supported by the same basic bones as your arms and legs. Coelacanths even move their paired fins much like land animals move their limbs: the right pectoral fin moves in conjunction with the left pelvic fin, for example. And their movement is extremely dexterous. They scull the water like oars and can rotate through 180°.
yup...i studied that in my undergraduate course last semester.
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Originally posted by the Bear:This reminds me of one of the silliest games for the defunct Sega Dreamcast console... Seaman
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It really fascinating to noe that the Japanese actually managed to capture a live seaman and put him on display in an exhibition...
Wonder how it eats? LIke a human? -
fork and spoon.......? haha...i dont believe such creature exists
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Originally posted by NeonTetra:fork and spoon.......? haha...i dont believe such creature exists
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Super fake... pls lor... if ti was for real scientists will be scrabbling to study it liao.
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"Seaman" by Sega is just a game.. a virtual pet thing... amazingly, Sega was the sponsor of Arsenal at that time... and Arsenal's goalkeeper was David Seaman!
I think he kena badly
The Jap pics are probably fakes..
for coelacanths, can go to this site
http://www.dinofish.com/
where there is an ongoing project to protect these living fossils... i recommend the book "Fish Out Of Time" as mentioned in dinofish.. it is an amazing read about this remarkable fish, how it was first rediscovered and everything since then... reads like a good detective story and it's amazing the lengths some go to in order to get this huge fish