November 7, 2006
DARWINIAN NEO-PAGANISM
Extra set of fins could link dolphins to land (Hiroko Tabuchi, Associated Press, November 6th, 2006)
Japanese researchers said Sunday that a bottlenose dolphin captured last month has an extra set of fins that could be the remains of hind legs, a discovery that may provide further evidence that ocean-dwelling mammals once lived on land.Fishermen captured the four-finned dolphin alive off the coast of Wakayama prefecture (state) in western Japan on Oct. 28, and alerted the nearby Taiji Whaling Museum, according to museum director Katsuki Hayashi.
Fossil remains show dolphins and whales were four-footed land animals about 50 million years ago and share the same common ancestor as hippos and deer. Scientists believe they later transitioned to an aquatic lifestyle and their hind limbs disappeared.[...]
“I believe the fins may be remains from the time when dolphins' ancient ancestors lived on land ... this is an unprecedented discovery,†Seiji Osumi, an adviser at Tokyo's Institute of Cetacean Research, said at a news conference televised Sunday.[...]
A freak mutation may have caused the ancient trait to reassert itself, Mr. Osumi said. The dolphin will be kept at the Taiji museum to undergo X-ray and DNA tests, according to Hayashi.
We don't begrudge Darwinists their belief in miracles, but we draw the line at any resurgence of Japanese ancestor worship.
Posted by Peter Burnet at November 7, 2006 6:39 AMThe Japanese are paleo- not neo-pagans. European greenies are neo-pagans. Neo-pagans are relapsing into paganism, paleos never came out of it.
Posted by: Lou Gots at November 7, 2006 10:45 AMSo presumably chickens used to have four legs and two anii too?
Posted by: oj at November 7, 2006 10:51 AMWhy did this blurb make me think of Godzilla?
Posted by: jim hamlen at November 7, 2006 11:02 AMThe Shinto religion is the paleo-pagan aspect of Japanese culture that Lou talks about. The only thing is that most Japanese are almost simultaneously Buddhists. For instance a Japanese might go to the Shinto shrine for a ceremony during their "bad luck" years depending on when they were born or get a new car blessed but make plans for a Buddhist funeral. They hedge their bets. Shinto for everyday life, Buddhist for the afterlife.
In reality they are less religious than the Europeans. Most would be classed as agnostic.
That is the reason they don't have much divine protection from Godzilla.....