"New idea!"

"What now, evolution?"

"Well, I had such good luck with the handfish—what if I made a handlobster?”

"Handlobster? That’s the dumbest idea I’ve ever heard.”

"Come on! It just takes a few little mutations. Look, I’ll do one now.”

"That’s hideous."

"I think I like it."

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Image credit: Richard Figueiredo, F/V Leah; courtesy Maine State Aquarium