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Watch a thought form in the brain of a zebrafish

Zebrafish are a favorite for scientists, since the tiny fish are translucent, allowing a look inside to processes that are normally hidden… including thought. This video is what it looks like when a zebrafish formulates a thought as something interesting swims in front of it.

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posted 02 February, 2013
by cranberryzero
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Genetics researchers create a fish with legs. Because that’s what you do when you’re a genetic researcher.

If you’re getting paid to research and experiment with genetics, I would think you would be doing a disservice to the world if you weren’t doing crazy shit like inventing fish with legs. That’s exactly what biologists Renata Frietas and colleagues did when they injected genes into a zebrafish embryo to force it to grow legs.