The question which occupied some supermarket time for me was the obvious one – what do they mean?

Could this be fish who have left school and shoal and gone out on their own (and lost their fingers?)  Perhaps – there’s plenty of solo fish around. For example marlin and suchlike stooge along toute seule, possibly being careless with fingers.

Could it be newly discovered amazing creatures – fish which have become dextrous, lost the webs and gained the ability to move their fingers independently?

Don’t believe me? Well read this: J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 2007 Dec 15;308(6):757-68. “Fish fingers: digit homologues in sarcopterygian fish fins.”

Is the Owaka supermarket on the cutting edge of evolutionary biology? Maybe.

Bugger me, what a teaser, eh?

Shopping can be so exciting sometimes, can’t it?