{"id":29563,"date":"2020-07-14T12:50:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=29563"},"modified":"2020-07-14T12:50:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:50:20","slug":"thats-unpleasant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/07\/14\/thats-unpleasant\/","title":{"rendered":"That’s Unpleasant"},"content":{"rendered":"

From<\/a> The Guardian<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no secret that nature can be brutal and violent, but a new\u00a0Queensland<\/a>\u00a0Museum report on the death of some snake eels reads more like the plot of a horror movie than a scientific paper.<\/p>\n

Snake eels are a family of eel species that live most of their lives burrowed in the soft sand on the floor of the ocean.<\/p>\n

When eaten alive by predators, they will use their hard pointed tail tip, which is for digging, to burst through the fish\u2019s stomach in a bid to escape digestion.<\/p>\n

But unfortunately, this isn\u2019t enough to save them. Unable to burrow through a fish\u2019s hard ribcage, they become trapped and die, their body slowly mummified in the gut cavity of their captor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s said that the father of evolutionary theory, Charles Darwin, quit believing in God after observing some of Nature’s more cruel ploys. I have no idea if it’s true, but I hope fish and eels are just as unthinking and unfeeling as they appear to be, because, just like parasitic wasps and their prey tarantulas, this is horrific. If there’s a God, he’s a sadist.<\/p>\n