Comments on: Fish with see through head http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/fish-head/ The official Derren Brown Blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:01:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Sarah http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/fish-head/#comment-14280 Sarah Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:10:53 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=3196#comment-14280 I did a quick look online and found the source for this. There was an article in Copeia (2008(4):780-784) on this fish and from the looks of things the video is real. One of the authors of the article is the narrator on the video which is footage from an ROV used in waters off California (according to the MBARI news release - sorry i don't know how to link to articles but a quick search on google should find it). According to fishbase its a small fish (the size they've got recorded is 4.4 cm total length). It's a small but very strange fish, and though not new to science it's normally damaged in trawls so getting footage of a live specimen is really exciting. I did a quick look online and found the source for this. There was an article in Copeia (2008(4):780-784) on this fish and from the looks of things the video is real. One of the authors of the article is the narrator on the video which is footage from an ROV used in waters off California (according to the MBARI news release – sorry i don’t know how to link to articles but a quick search on google should find it). According to fishbase its a small fish (the size they’ve got recorded is 4.4 cm total length). It’s a small but very strange fish, and though not new to science it’s normally damaged in trawls so getting footage of a live specimen is really exciting.

]]> By: Nopke http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/fish-head/#comment-14253 Nopke Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:14:49 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=3196#comment-14253 A barreleye fish it is, google says. See through bodies I'd seen but see through heads like this one .. not yet. We need to get into MRI and stuff like that and it still will not show the inside like this ... A barreleye fish it is, google says. See through bodies I’d seen but see through heads like this one .. not yet.

We need to get into MRI and stuff like that and it still will not show the inside like this …

]]> By: Mill http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/fish-head/#comment-14242 Mill Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:39:25 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=3196#comment-14242 It _really_ doesn't appear real to me. Even his movements are sort of unrealistic. Maybe I'll wait littel more research before buying this. But then after all, there are still wonders left we haven't discovered! It _really_ doesn’t appear real to me.
Even his movements are sort of unrealistic. Maybe I’ll wait littel more research before buying this.
But then after all, there are still wonders left we haven’t discovered!

]]> By: gary http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/fish-head/#comment-14239 gary Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:50:38 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=3196#comment-14239 I'm with Mark. Looks CGI to me. Maybe it's the unusual voice over that give the whole thing an artificial feel. I’m with Mark. Looks CGI to me. Maybe it’s the unusual voice over that give the whole thing an artificial feel.

]]> By: Jude http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/fish-head/#comment-14128 Jude Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:16:21 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=3196#comment-14128 Amazing. But why? Where in its evolution would it the weird head thing have benefited it? Amazing. But why? Where in its evolution would it the weird head thing have benefited it?

]]> By: Mark http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/fish-head/#comment-14103 Mark Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:50:55 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=3196#comment-14103 That's computer generated, surely. If not, it looks it. That’s computer generated, surely. If not, it looks it.

]]> By: Siobhan http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/fish-head/#comment-14099 Siobhan Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:44:14 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=3196#comment-14099 He looks so sad! He looks so sad!

]]> By: ScreamingGreenConure http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/fish-head/#comment-14096 ScreamingGreenConure Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:21:43 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=3196#comment-14096 Fish! <3 fish! It has forward facing eyes and a human-looking face. It looks kind of depressed and I wish I could give it a hug and tell it that it's beautiful on the inside and everyone can see that. Fish! <3 fish! It has forward facing eyes and a human-looking face. It looks kind of depressed and I wish I could give it a hug and tell it that it's beautiful on the inside and everyone can see that.

]]> By: flapjack http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/fish-head/#comment-14083 flapjack Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:13:38 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=3196#comment-14083 This must be how everyone's head appears to Derren! This must be how everyone’s head appears to Derren!

]]> By: Tash http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/07/fish-head/#comment-14081 Tash Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:11:08 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=3196#comment-14081 that's just distrubing! that’s just distrubing!

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