Examples Of Metaphors In Frankenfish

1. Natural Enemies – Metaphor or Misconception? (2003)

2. Summary: At the beginning of the piece, the author's use an example to showcase how metaphors in science, when taken literally, can greatly influence how the subject of the metaphor is interpreted. Specifically in the case of the “Frankenfish” found in Maryland. They make the point that metaphors are found everywhere in science, and that its use is for clarity in discussion and understanding. The unfortunate case although, is that definitions of metaphors in science are being misinterpreted, as seen with the phrase “survival of the fittest,” and misappropriated, as shown with the development of eugenics from genetics.

On the other hand, the authors describe how metaphor has assisted

They are now integral in scientific discourse. Their original terms and meanings are lost except to those that know where to look for them. Scientific literature, as the quote alludes, is publications, journals and whole books of original research or theory concerning the natural and social sciences. Scientific theory is what scientific literature explains and shows to its audience; it is a widely excepted explanation of a facet of the natural world based no facts and often times experiments. After the point from which metaphors are not longer recognized as metaphor, the metaphors begin to be used in place of the actual name of the process of the relationship. The relationship instead of being recognized as a form of a symbiotic relationship, lets say predation, they don't know the term itself, but they recognize the two species in the sort of relationship as “natural enemies.” Most humans are scared of lions, tigers, and bears, but lack the knowledge of much about those animals. This is largely sue to the fact that they do not understand how metaphors influence how the public interprets these creatures. They yes are deadly to their prey, but they are not our “natural enemy,” they are in fact beautiful creatures that deserve respect and protection from those that wish to harm them from their misconceptions from the well know phrases like: “lions, tigers and bears! Oh