Spotted Eagle Stingray...

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anth.payne

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Anyone seen this new species of ray that was discovered in the Gulf of Mexico...

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5012152/New-species-of-sting-ray-discovered.html
 
I don't agree with them splitting the spotted eagle into more species. The researchers who are on this project are LOOKING for a reason to make it more protected. To me that isn't science... it's shaping facts to fit what they need.


Here's the one we had at Dallas World Aq.

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Zoodiver;3360774; said:
I don't agree with them splitting the spotted eagle into more species. The researchers who are on this project are LOOKING for a reason to make it more protected. To me that isn't science... it's shaping facts to fit what they need.
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They wouldnt be true scientists if they didnt do that :grinno:
 
Zoodiver;3360774; said:
The researchers who are on this project are LOOKING for a reason to make it more protected. To me that isn't science... it's shaping facts to fit what they need.
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I thought the same thing when I read the article on this. If their protection is justified, then it should come out ahead without any of this obfuscation and tomfoolery. That said, it is hard to blame them in their attempt to fudge science to save these animals in an endangered species system that doesn't seem to function properly.

I'm torn, because the scientific truth is so sacred to me (and to the human endeavor as a whole), but so is biodiversity. Tough call, but it does reek of dishonesty.
 
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