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New Batfish Species Found Under Gulf Oil Spill

eDarwin writes "Researchers have discovered two previously unknown species of bottom-dwelling fish in the Gulf of Mexico, living right in the area affected by the BP oil spill. Researchers identified new species of pancake batfishes, a flat fish rarely seen because of the dark depths they favor. They are named for the clumsy way they 'walk' along the sea bottom, like a bat crawling."

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  1. They don't walk any more by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    They kind of glide across the surface now.

  2. Correlation v. Causation by girlintraining · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're ugly, look crippled, and found in only one place in the world -- an oil spill.

    Gentlemen, to your conspiracies!

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  3. And the old saw applies here by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's the difference between a pancake batfish and Tony Hayward?

    One's a scum-sucking bottom-feeder, and the other's a fish.

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  4. Re:Batfish? by unix1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmmmm.....how do they taste, breaded and fried?

    Oily.

  5. New (Soon to be Extinct) Species Found... by tekrat · · Score: 5, Funny

    There, fixed that for you...

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  6. Re:Well they did live there by locallyunscene · · Score: 4, Funny

    aaaaaand it's gone.

  7. Clean them by gmuslera · · Score: 4, Funny

    After removing all the oil will be easy to see that are part of the already known brucewaynefish species.