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Giant stingrays

November 20th 2008 02:51
South Eastern Asia must be a haven for big, exotic fish. Not only are giant catfish found, scientist have even found giant sting rays.

giant catfish
Here's a giant catfish that came out of Cambodia back in 2005.



giant stingray
Catfish aren't all you find! This specimen came from Thailand.
Giant stingrays are similar in appearance to rays you usually find and have brownish tint. The biggest difference is that they live up to their name and grow to over 16 feet long which comes out to around 5 meters and weigh well over 1,300 pounds or 600 kilos! Many people know the stingray has a stinging barb on its tail. On the giant stingray, this barb can be 15 inches long. That works out to around 38 centimeters!

newborn giant stingray
This is a giant stingray that is less than an hour old, the offspring of the giant in the other photograph.
Although giant stingrays are found in South East Asia, Borneo, Thailand, New Guinea, and northern Australia, not a lot is known about the creatures because, as incredible as it may sound, they weren't discovered until 1990. This much is known, their numbers are dwindling as their habitats are degraded.






Until next time--watch yourself and watch your line!
images from nationalgeographic.com
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Before rods, reels, or even man: the Dunkleostosteus

October 16th 2008 00:43
Dunkleosteus
This illustration from Wikipedia MAY have been what the Dunkleosteus looked like.

There are a LOT of fierce creatures swimming around in the ocean but none today, not even sharks, are like the prehistoric Dunkleosteus.

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Can fish hear?

September 25th 2008 00:09
Remember when you were a little kid, jabbering away as Grandpa was trying to wet a line?

"Shhhh. You'll scare the fish," he finally said in an exasperated tone.

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A crab story

September 24th 2008 03:17
Here's one you may like...

A Maryland guy was leaving the bay with an ice chest full of illegal sized crabs when he was stopped by a game warden.

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Australia spawns new species

September 20th 2008 01:07
I saw something about this on the news tonight and though I'd pass along this link!

Here ya go!

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New species in Eastern Pacific

August 26th 2008 00:03
Goliath grouper
Do you think this new fish is big enough?

With all the Doom & Gloom, going to Hell in a Hand Basket stories you hear about the environment, it's always encouraging to hear when something new is discovered.

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What IS the Lateral Line?

July 13th 2008 00:51
Every now and then you hear about the “lateral line” of a fish. Exactly what is the “lateral line?”

To make things simple, just say it’s a line of organs running down both sides of a fish that detect sound and movement. It would make sense to try and compare it to something we humans have but, it’s a organ we don’t possess. The closest we would have is the workings of the inner ear. Running along the sides of fish from around the gills to the tail, some say the lateral line also picks up electric impulses.
Lateral line in striped bass
It's easy to find the lateral line in a striped bass.

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Wild, weird, scary fish

May 28th 2008 00:29
I was cruising YouTube again and ran across this video. Although the film calls it a piranha, I believe it's actually a Tiger Fish which usually grows to a maximum of 30" in length.

If you look at the teeth you'll notice they are nothing like a piranha which has teeth that are closer together and more interlocking.

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Carp video

May 24th 2008 01:22
Readers in the States will love this!

Here's a quick little film from YouTube showing a carp slurping up some bread.

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Fish eating alligator

April 9th 2008 00:58
All I can say is WoW! This is pretty cool!
I found this on Dailymotion. It's NOT gross so enjoy!

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Is this an alien?

April 4th 2008 00:30
When you see something like this, you know there's a lot of strange creatures under the sea.


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Another fish out of water-the Snakehead

March 28th 2008 00:29
A while back I wrote about mudskippers and the general feeling was, "Yeah, they're cute. So what?"

I've come across another fish out of water that's not quite so cute and you'd better know what to expect if you have one in your aquarium. I'm talking about the snakehead.
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More strange fish--the opah

March 6th 2008 03:24
Maybe you've never heard of the opah. I know I never did and then I learned that it's also called the "moonfish" and things began to click!

Even though their existence is well documented, not a lot is known about moon fish. Opah are sometimes caught by trawlers as the boats catch other prey. Even though the beauty of this fish can not be denied, it's not something you're going to see every day because it lives from around 150-1300 ft. (50-400 meters) below the water. If that doesn't make location hard enough, another source puts the depth at another 100 meters deeper--that's over 330 feet!

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Molly fish are kind of shy

December 21st 2007 03:43
When I was a young buck, I'd make love with the lights on. Now I'm older and leave them off because I'm a little shyer than I used to be--sort of like the molly fish in this link.

shy guy

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