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World’s Oldest Woman Just Pleased Every Other Human On Earth When She Was Born Now Dead 

NEW RESEARCH: DNA Barcoding Reveals Cannibal Fish With a Broad Appetite for Fins

In the freshwaters of much of sub-Saharan Africa, a few fishes share an extremely rare practice: they chomp on and eat the fins of their neighbors.

To better understand this bizarre behavior, for which the new term “pterygophagy” has been coined, Museum ichthyologists used DNA barcoding to investigate the fin-eating fishes’ preferred prey. Their research has revealed that these fishes will target just about any species—including their own.

“The jaws of these fishes are highly specialized for fin-eating, which is a very uncommon behavior,” said Melanie Stiassny, Axelrod Research Curator in the Museum’s Department of Ichthyology. “Although when young, some of these fishes will eat smaller fish whole, by the time they are adults most of them only care about biting off those fins.”

WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED THAT STRESSING OUT A GROUP OF MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE, MAKING THEM JUMP THROUGH A LOAD OF HOOPS TO GET THE BASIC MINIMUM OF SUPPORT, AND THREATEN TO STOP THEIR BENEFITS AND THEREFORE STARVE THEM - IS BAD FOR THEIR MENTAL HEALTH?!

"According to Mind, 83% of people they surveyed said using the programme and the government’s job centre services had made their mental health worse.

Three quarters of those polled said they felt less able to work as a result of being on these schemes, the charity said.

At the same time, the schemes were ineffective for people with mental health problems, as only 5% of people had been helped into work, campaigners claimed.”

From the Providence protest in solidarity with Ferguson on Tuesday 11/25. 

This is what the Providence Journal called “zero physical contact” when reporting about how the police cleared protesters from the highway. 

Target Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting Tonight In Wake Of Eric Garner Decision: