If you check out the comments on our previous post about this fish, one commentor says that the strange name is explained by the fact that "sarcastic" is derived from a word that means "the tearing of flesh." I don't know if that is true, but as a story it is definitely what we call in the news business "too good to fact-check," so I'm going to leave it at that.
hurriedly,
-Wombat (No Relation)
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5 comments:
Yes, that's correct: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=sarcasm
I've seen this fish in action on BBC Life and it's amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRV961d0TP4
How 'bout that blue tongue? YECHHH.
That is so awesome! It reminds me of the alien from Predator.
Sometimes I wish we'd find life on other planets because I want to see alien animals. But damn, it's easy to forget how many alien animals live right on this one.
I haven't yet found an alien appendage or behavior in science fiction that isn't already happening somewhere on earth - usually with invertebrates in the ocean.
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