For Emily.

Bree Walker was the name of the woman with the hand deformity.

I remember her from my days as a TV news transcriber in the 80s. I could have sworn she was in Denver, though. It took me forever to nail down what was odd about what I was seeing, then I had to freeze frame it several times to confirm that, yes, her hands were different. I was very impressed.

Thank you!

A billion blogs have shown this: Fish with transparent head

It's fucking freaky!

Since 1939, scientists have thought the "barreleye" fish Macropinna microstoma had "tunnel vision" due to eye that were fixed in place. Now though, Monterey Bay Aquarium researchers show that the fish actually has a transparent head and the eyes rotate around inside of it. From the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute:

(Bruce) Robison and (Kim) Reisenbichler used video from MBARI's remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to study barreleyes in the deep waters just offshore of Central California. At depths of 600 to 800 meters (2,000 to 2,600 feet) below the surface, the ROV cameras typically showed these fish hanging motionless in the water, their eyes glowing a vivid green in the ROV's bright lights. The ROV video also revealed a previously undescribed feature of these fish--its eyes are surrounded by a transparent, fluid-filled shield that covers the top of the fish's head.

Most existing descriptions and illustrations of this fish do not show its fluid-filled shield, probably because this fragile structure was destroyed when the fish were brought up from the deep in nets. However, Robison and Reisenbichler were extremely fortunate--they were able to bring a net-caught barreleye to the surface alive, where it survived for several hours in a ship-board aquarium. Within this controlled environment, the researchers were able to confirm what they had seen in the ROV video--the fish rotated its tubular eyes as it turned its body from a horizontal to a vertical position.

eta: It's confusing to look at - what looks like its eyes are not:

The barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) has extremely light-sensitive eyes that can rotate within a transparent, fluid-filled shield on its head. The fish's tubular eyes are capped by bright green lenses. The eyes point upward (as shown here) when the fish is looking for food overhead. They point forward when the fish is feeding. The two spots above the fish's mouth are olfactory organs called nares, which are analogous to human nostrils. Image: © 2004 MBARI

Researchers solve mystery of deep-sea fish with tubular eyes and transparent head

Oh msbelle, that sucks. I've had your whitefont happen to me before several times when I have a cold. Blech indeed, last thing you need.

And good luck to bon!! Bar exam needs no evil distractions, bon's body!!

the fish actually has a transparent head and the eyes rotate around inside of it.

Freaky!

I have no desire to do any work today, but that doesn't seem to stop people from expecting me to do some, and quite frankly, I like my reality better than theirs.

I want to slap my pain mgmt guy around. Took him an hour to see me, and then he'd only deal with what he wanted to talk about (which, being pain prevention, *is* important) and not pain management. While he diagnoses and scans and does procedures I'm still having daily migraines and currently have no home meds to treat them, since the last effective one now makes the pain worse.

Keep going to the ER, they say.

Keep going to the ER, they say.

The ER where you've been refused pain meds?

I want to slap my pain mgmt guy around.

I say go for it - it could really help him to see the situation from the opposite angle.