Posted
on September 28, 2013

Basically,
today is a very fishy day. So let's talk about fish...
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This is a photo of a goldfish responding to the news that there is no such thing as a fish! |
First...and
this is weird for me, too: There is no such thing as a fish!
The
word “fish” is useful in everyday life and for cooking, but
biologically speaking, there is no good definition for “fish,”
and no reason to consider fish a group of creatures. Modern
biologists point out that some “fish” are more closely related to
tetrapods such as lizards, whales, eagles, and us, than they are to
other “fish.” According to the science of classification, which
is called cladistics, that means that we cannot group fish together.
To
learn more about cladistics, check out this Kid's Science (Cladistics) Pinterest board.
Second...some
creatures that have “fish” in their name aren't evenly remotely
fish (if there were such a thing as fish). Can you think of any?
Check your answers against the 8 answers here.

Fourth...here
are some of my favorite fishy books:
- A Fish Out of Water, by Helen Palmer
- One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, by Dr. Seuss
- Pattern Fish, by Trudy Harris
- Your Inner Fish, by Neil Shubin (older kids and adults for this one!)


Last,
and quite possibly least...Be
sure to play Go Fish today!
Also
on this date:
Check
out my Pinterest pages on September
holidays, September
birthdays,
and historical
anniversaries in September.
And
here are my Pinterest pages on October
holidays, October
birthdays,
and historical
anniversaries in October.
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