Sunday, March 02, 2008

Baby Thornback Ray Has Eery Alien-Like Smile





With its odd smile and translucent body this creature could be mistaken for a young cousin of one of Doctor Who's adversaries.
In fact it is the underside of a young thornback ray, pushing itself up the inside of an aquarium.

What appear to be eyes are gill slits, part of the animal's mechanism for breathing. Its real eyes are on top of its body. Full article here

7 comments:

Paulie L said...

That is a strange image! Adult Thornback Ray or Roker are strange looking creatures anyway, the eye of an adult is particulalry evil andsimilar to a goats... Strangley!

Anonymous said...

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I would appreciate if a staff member here at newsomatic.blogspot.com could post it.

Thanks,
Harry

Admin said...

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Admin

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Anonymous said...

Hello there,

Thanks for sharing the link - but unfortunately it seems to be not working? Does anybody here at newsomatic.blogspot.com have a mirror or another source?


Thanks,
John

Anonymous said...

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I have a question for the webmaster/admin here at newsomatic.blogspot.com.

May I use part of the information from your post above if I give a backlink back to your site?

Thanks,
Jules