By studying these and other species, we add to our knowledge of how life evolved, how it adapted itself to this world. With that knowledge, perhaps we can teach men to adapt themselves to some new world of the future.
13 seconds sound clip from the Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:09:44.358 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Look, look over here. This lungfish, the bridge between fish and the land animal.
- How many thousands of ways nature tried to get life out of the sea and onto the land.
- This one failed. He hasn't changed in millions of years.
- But here, here we have a clue to an answer.
- Nice speech, David, but there's still a practical side to it.
- A find of any real importance can be of great financial value to us also.
- Certainly, your board couldn't disapprove.
- Dr. Maia, you've got yourself an expedition.
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