Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say: fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. Loren Eiseley
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It is amazing what can still come out of the Devonian waters. A music composed by the composer's brain is still present, even though no one is listening. There are many things that continue to emerge from what we think is closed and never changing. At times, it can be hard to believe that there is more to the world than our own eyes.

There are organisms that have evolved unimaginable adaptations over hundreds of millions of years, just to survive in this world. We have no idea how they might be able to adapt to help with this problem, but what else do they have? What else can they do?

Source: The Immense Journey

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