Monday, August 29, 2016

Cultivated Carp 'Reverse Evolve,' Grow Scales Back

This is a fascinating article about selective breeding the scales off of common carp and essentially the creation or mirror carp.  What these fish were able to do was incredible and honestly, a little difficult for me to comprehend.  A very interesting read and thanks to my friend (and soon to be guest author) Busch for sharing this with me!



Cultivated Carp 'Reverse Evolve,' Grow Scales Back | Popular Science

This article reminded me of the capabilities that domestic hogs have when they escape into the wild.  This article goes into a little bit of detail about what they can do once they escape captivity.

Feral Hog Article Link:  http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/outdoors/2007/11/domestic_pigs_quickly_revert_t.html

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