"Tim Tyler"  wrote in message
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> Anthony Cerrato  wrote or quoted
me writing:
>
> > > Underwater electronics seems like a simple enough
> > > proposition.  All you need is insulators.  Underwater
> > > creatures seem to have plenty of those available to
> > > them - in the form of materials such as fats.
> > >
> > > The nervous system in undersea creatures works largely
on
> > > electrical impulses - it seems that evolution cracked
the
> > > "underwater electronics" problems long ago.
>
> [...]
>
> > Yes, the best example of underwater "electronics" being
the
> > electric eel, electric rays (order Torpediniformes,) and
> > electric catfish (Malapterurus electricus.) Give any of
> > these the equivalent of functional arms and hands, and
we
> > could have a plethora of Edisons.
>
> Fish invented the light bulb /long/ before Edison ;-)
>
> See "Lantern fish":
>
>
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9047139&query=deep-sea%20fish

True! I forgot that. I love it!       ...tonyC

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