Monday 23 February 2009

Lungfish

We'd decided to visit Chester Zoo. While there I encountered numerous comical and undoubtedly enjoyable beasts, including a plethora of primates and various styles of dromedary.

Then we reached the aquarium. This is where the day took a sour turn for the worse. While there were a number of interesting creatures within this building, the last tank contained the monstrosity mentioned above.

The Lungfish. A fish with no real fins in which to help it swim and can apparently drown due to its 'rudimentary' lungs. It was about two foot long and looked like a motionless piece of sewer shit with eyes on it. They can apparently survive on land for a short time should the waters receded, long enough for them to 'walk' on their fin-legs to the next brackish, stagnant oasis in which they seem to make their homes. BUT! They will drown if they remain in places like this for too long as their is not enough oxygen within these pools of filth for them to 'breathe'.

I had and still have several issues with this.

The stupid animal has managed to evolve rudimentary lungs in which to help it maintain it's fucked up, inconsistent, land/water daily habits. It needs to make it's mind up and realise that if it's to evolve the necessary equipment in which to live on land, then it may also have been a brainwave to evolve proper legs to allow it to move about on it, and not run the risk of suffocating.
Instead of this it has shit stumpy fin things, that from what I could see, only inhibits movements whilst underwater and prevents correct and timely motion whilst on land. It's some kind of massive, fucked up fishtard.

I left the aquarium once again feeling angry and confused. My delight of seeing a mini turtle and slight repulsion of seeing fish with no eyes (another story) had been replaced by anger and disgust.

It's another reason chalked up on the reasons not to believe in God board as far as i'm concerned. Along with wasps on slugs. What God would create things like this? What God would allow such a hideous, pointless, turgid mess to exist?

It's crooked and it stinks.

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