Danielle is right: Fish are friends, not food. But they are more than just friends, THEY'RE FAMILY. I thought that was pretty cool. Anyways, the one quote that I thought I would share as my favorite from this chapter would be: "What is it about a hand that seems quintessentially human? The answer must, at some level, be that the hand is a visible connection between us; it is a signature for who we are and what we can attain. Our ability to grasp, to build, and to make our thoughts real lies inside this complex of bones, nerves, and vessels" (29). The fact that Shubin never made a connection with the body in front of him disturbed me. It completely made me think, "Shubin, you completely heartless man that is cutting open someone who used to be alive, possibly with a wife and kids". But then he said that it finally hit him when he saw the hand. I have never been so thankful for my hands and what they can do ever in my life, until now.
I agreed with Suraj in that this chapter was a little more boring and slow-paced than the first chapter because we know all about the bones and how they came about from Biology a couple years ago. So, this chapter dragged on for me. But, I liked how, again, this book is making me realize that we are all connected in some way, and not just a bunch of creatures with a lot of differences living on the planet. OH, and I loved the animal arms on page 31, because that made it real for me that we all are apart of the same creatures from long ago, therefore being the same in that way, literally.
Push ups. My world's most hated exercise. So now I feel kind of pathetic that my billion year old grandpa could do a push up and I can't. Lovely. But, it makes sense why Tiktaalik has MAD chest muscles, because he was a mud/ground/floor creature, and they helped him survive in the different environments that he lived in.
- Courtney Inbody
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