Human beings are apparently animals so they belong to the "animal world." According to Shubin, animals are specialized for daylight or night. I believe that I am specialized for night because I am nocturnal, but I wish I can change the specialization to daylight to have a systematic daily life.
The most fascinating thing I learned in this chapter is the eyeless DNA. Isn't it amazing how you can locate extra eyes on your body? I imagine myself with an extra eye on my forehead. Or I can have one on my neck so I can see both my front and back. Gehring's experiment really amazed me. A rat with a fly's eye! So the mythical creature Centaurus is not just an imaginary. I'm certain that scientists can also create chimera, a monster is consisted with a lion's head, a sheep's body, and a snake's tail. Anyway I really enjoy reading this book because it allows me to imagine creatively.
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