Psychedelic fish classified as a new species


	Psychedelic fish classified as a new species

amgumen

2-27-2009 11:57 AM

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2-28-2009 10:55 AM

kris_tea

Very cool. I wanted to be a marine biologist through my entire childhood & somewhat regret not doing that now. So, this is really cool to me.

2-28-2009 2:22 PM

amgumen

Sure, natural science is much more interesting than politics.

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