Catalog Number: QMNS 0593
Collected By: Dr. Herman Walsh
Location: Brazil
Dr. Herman Walsh helped survey several remote tributaries of the Amazon River, discovered countless new species, and thoroughly documented the psychedelic properties of several rainforest amphibians.
On one expedition, he discovered a population of pygmy manatees with strange markings on their sides. Given the remoteness of the tributary, he suspected that the markings were not the result of boat impacts.
Dr. Walsh put on scuba equipment and took a camera down into the river to witness these creatures in their natural environment. Beneath the surface, he observed an unbelievable sight. The algae coat on the manatee’s skin was being consumed by an even smaller species of manatee.
Dr. Walsh published his findings in a hefty manuscript, “Recursive Grazing by Amazonian Sirenians.” In the discussion section, he posited an endless chain of manatees feeding off of even smaller manatees, down to the sub-atomic scale. So far, such a theory has received little to no support. Even Dr. Walsh doesn’t quite remember committing the theory to paper. He has since decided to go easy on the frog secretions.
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