Still Waters Posted December 10, 2016 #1 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Populations of Atlantic killfish living in highly polluted estuaries on the East Coast have found a way to make a living in waters that should normally kill them, according to researchers from the University of California, Davis. Writing in the journal Science, the researchers say killfish living in long-polluted waters off Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Virginia were a whopping 8,000 times more resistant to the toxic industrial pollutants than other fish. In short: The fish should by all rights be dead, except they're not. How do they do it? It's in their genes. http://www.seeker.com/this-fish-has-adapted-to-toxic-waters-that-should-kill-it-2139723529.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khol Posted December 10, 2016 #2 Share Posted December 10, 2016 amazing adaptibility..cool stuff. Studying them could result in some benifits for us.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaYap Posted December 10, 2016 #3 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Stop poisoning the environment, in my opinion, would be more helpful to everyone now and in the future ... ~ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted December 10, 2016 #4 Share Posted December 10, 2016 That is evolution, but they really can't be used as a resource. From the article. "Some people will see this as a positive and think: 'Hey, species can evolve in response to what we're doing to the environment.'" said Whitehead. "Unfortunately, most species we care about preserving probably can't adapt to these rapid changes because they don't have the high levels of genetic variation that allow them to evolve quickly." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted December 10, 2016 #5 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Good thing for them. I hope we can adapt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted December 10, 2016 #6 Share Posted December 10, 2016 2 hours ago, ChaosRose said: Good thing for them. I hope we can adapt. Only the stupid survive? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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