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600 New Species of Fish Discovered

zenobr writes "Some 300 scientists from 53 countries are creating a record of all known marine life, in a project reminiscent of an aquatic Domesday Book. So far more than 15,000 species of fish have been catalogued and 2 to 3 thousand more are expected to be catalogued before the project's end in 2010. Over 500 of the fish catalogued thus far are thought to be new to science. Full story on BBC News"

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  1. "...more than 15,000 species of fish" by PSaltyDS · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tartar Sauce technology is just not keeping up! I'm going to sponsor open sauce recipies at SauceForge.

    Any technology distinguishable from magic is not suficiently advanced.

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    Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. - Geek's corollary to Clarke's law
  2. Re:Doomsday book? Try Domesday... by asparagus · · Score: 4, Funny

    You gotta love a man who has to get a book made just to know what he owns.

  3. Re:corny joke... by glenebob · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's getting deep in here! This story just doesn't hold water and it won't scale (imagine a beo... nope, too corny even for me). By the time we see the tail end of this one, it'll smell pretty fishy. I think the data has been salted. Whoever believes this one is smoking a lot of sea weed, and personally I've had enough to make my head swim! I think this needs to be sent to a watery grave before the sharks catch the smell.

    >> *shoots self for being so stupid*

    Me first!!

  4. Good news! by dolo666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now we have a ton of new fish for O'Reilly to stipple and use for cover art!