nPostednon September 28, 2013
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nBasically,ntoday is a very fishy day. So let’s talk about fish…
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| This is a photo of a goldfish responding to the news that there is no such thing as a fish! |
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nFirst…andnthis is weird for me, too: There is no such thing as a fish!
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nThenword “fish” is useful in everyday life and for cooking, butnbiologically speaking, there is no good definition for “fish,”nand no reason to consider fish a group of creatures. Modernnbiologists point out that some “fish” are more closely related tontetrapods such as lizards, whales, eagles, and us, than they are tonother “fish.” According to the science of classification, whichnis called cladistics, that means that we cannot group fish together.
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nTonlearn more about cladistics, check out this Kid’s Science (Cladistics) Pinterest board.
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nSecond…somencreatures that have “fish” in their name aren’t evenly remotelynfish (if there were such a thing as fish). Can you think of any?nCheck your answers against the 8 answers here.
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nFourth…herenare some of my favorite fishy books:
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nA Fish Out of Water,n by Helen Palmer
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nOne Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish,n by Dr. Seuss
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nPattern Fish, by Trudy Harris
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nYour Inner Fish,n by Neil Shubin (older kids and adults for this one!)
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nLast,nand quite possibly least…Bensure to play Go Fish today!
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nAlsonon this date:
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nConfucius’s birthday
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nDay of Czech Statehood
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nPlannAhead!
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nChecknout my Pinterest pages on Septembernholidays, Septembernbirthdays,nand historicalnanniversaries in September.
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest pages on Octobernholidays, Octobernbirthdays,nand historicalnanniversaries in October.
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