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El Greco
5th March 2009, 10:51 AM
It belonged to a strange fish. From National Geographic (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090303-oldest-brain-found.html).
Madalch
5th March 2009, 11:37 AM
And here I thought this would be a John McCain joke....
Roadtoad
5th March 2009, 05:28 PM
And here I thought this would be a John McCain joke....

It obviously didn't belong to a politician.
Soapy Sam
5th March 2009, 05:54 PM
Don't fish have politicians, then?
Roadtoad
5th March 2009, 05:56 PM
Don't fish have politicians, then?

If there were any justice, the politicians would be fish food.
CapelDodger
5th March 2009, 06:04 PM
If there were any justice, the politicians would be fish food.

That's the fate of most fish. The fate of most politicians is to be politician-food.
CapelDodger
5th March 2009, 06:08 PM
"The scans revealed the fish had a pea-size brain much smaller than the braincase itself. This is similar to modern sharks, rays, and chimaera fish, whose brain growth slows as they age, even as the rest of their bodies expand."


I can see where the politician connection comes from.
Soapy Sam
6th March 2009, 08:43 AM
I thought politicians were invertebrates by definition.


ETA- I apologise if this offends any octopus who happens to be reading.
(And you can never be sure with an octopus).