cuppy / your inner fish

I probably haven't mentioned that I've been reading a book called Your Inner Fish. I have learnt very interesting things. At times, though, the book reads eerily Cuppyly (follow link in labels, if you are a newcomer):

the nerves that control breathing extend from the brain stem. This works well in fish, but it is a lousy arrangement for mammals

Fish have gonads that extend toward their chest, approaching the heart. Mammals don't, and therein lies the problem

Timing is everything. The best ideas, inventions, and concepts don't always win. How many musicians, inventors, and artists were so far ahead of their time that they flopped and were forgotten, only to be rediscovered later? We need look no further than poor Heron of Alexandria, who, perhaps in the first century AD, invented the steam turbine. Unfortunately, it was regarded as a toy. The world wasn't ready for it*

* Heron (or Hero) also invented the first vending machine, which dispensed holy water