Rare shark captured...

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RedRooster

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Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
I guess Darwin's theory doesn't apply to this one?

Your point being? Look at cockroaches, alligators, etc... Some species don't have the need to evolve.

Exactly. Darwins' theories apply perfectly well. If a species needs to adapt to survive, it will either adapt or die out. This one apparently found a niche that remained unchanged over millions of years, and thus it worked just fine in that configuration, which it still retains today.

Plus God just invented it perfect from the start.
 

randay

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Originally posted by: teddyv
I'd imagine if you take a fish used to the pressure created by 3,000 feet of water and put it in 3 feet of water, it would die pretty damn fast whether it was sick or not.

You are correct, however, they did not find the fish in 3000 feet of water.
 

Homerboy

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Originally posted by: lobbyone
Oh snaps, primitive shark! who knows, theres probably more of them in those kind of depths.

Uhh yes there ARE more, they know that. Its not "Rare" just rare to see one
 

athithi

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Originally posted by: RedRooster
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
I guess Darwin's theory doesn't apply to this one?

Your point being? Look at cockroaches, alligators, etc... Some species don't have the need to evolve.

Exactly. Darwins' theories apply perfectly well. If a species needs to adapt to survive, it will either adapt or die out. This one apparently found a niche that remained unchanged over millions of years, and thus it worked just fine in that configuration, which it still retains today.

Plus God just invented it perfect from the start.

:laugh:
 

Jeff7

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Originally posted by: RedRooster
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
I guess Darwin's theory doesn't apply to this one?

Your point being? Look at cockroaches, alligators, etc... Some species don't have the need to evolve.

Exactly. Darwins' theories apply perfectly well. If a species needs to adapt to survive, it will either adapt or die out. This one apparently found a niche that remained unchanged over millions of years, and thus it worked just fine in that configuration, which it still retains today.

Plus God just invented it perfect from the start.

But that implies that everything else that evolved was invented wrong, and God wouldn't do that now, would he? :p
And if this is perfect, would it not be created in God's image? There is no FSM, just a great and powerful frilled shark.
 

RedRooster

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Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: RedRooster
Originally posted by: Jeff7
Originally posted by: SSSnail
Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
I guess Darwin's theory doesn't apply to this one?

Your point being? Look at cockroaches, alligators, etc... Some species don't have the need to evolve.

Exactly. Darwins' theories apply perfectly well. If a species needs to adapt to survive, it will either adapt or die out. This one apparently found a niche that remained unchanged over millions of years, and thus it worked just fine in that configuration, which it still retains today.

Plus God just invented it perfect from the start.

But that implies that everything else that evolved was invented wrong, and God wouldn't do that now, would he? :p
And if this is perfect, would it not be created in God's image? There is no FSM, just a great and powerful frilled shark.

They're all sinners!
 

Fern

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Originally posted by: Lorax
so... there was a rare shark, they captured it, and now it's dead? too bad.

From reading the article, it doesn't sound like the shark is rare, at least not at 3,000'.

Seeing the shark alive is what is rare.

(I'm pretty sure I've seen film of one these before. The Discovery Channel or Animal Planet did a show on creatures of the deep. Unmanned sub things on a cable took pictures etc. Lots of wierd stuff down there. And yeah, I remember them saying this type of stuff generally can't live at the surface, less pressure and all that.)

Fern