Saturday, July 7, 2007

Three-Eyed Haddock and Other Fishy Tales

Perhaps some of you saw the New York Times item:

"The oddest fish in the sea… a haddock caught off Boston, which was found to have three perfect eyes, the third in the middle of the head."

For those of you who don't recall the story, don't worry, because it appeared in the paper eighty years ago!

Was the optically-gifted haddock one of Blinky's remote ancestors? Or was there something fishy about the whole tale?

The answer is....

revealed in my book (sorry no spoilers allowed!)

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