|
Subject |
Comments |
Views |
Author |
Date Written |
The Ozark cavefish has no eyes
|
view preview
The Ozark cavefish ( Amblyopsis rosae) is a small subterranean freshwater fish native to the United States. The fish has no pelvic fin; the dorsal and anal fins are farther back than on most fish. It has only rudimentary eyes and no optic nerve.
|
|
|
0 |
4727 |
duddy |
8 years ago |
What's the ocean's equivalent to the cheetah?
|
view preview
The shortfin mako ( Isurus oxyrinchus) is probably the champion speedster among sharks. Its speed has been recorded at 40 km/h (25 mph) with bursts of up to 74 km/h (46 mph). What's more, this high-leaping fish can leap approximately 9 m (30 ft) high or higher in the air. With its highly streamlined body, a lunate tail supported by keels, a sharply pointed snout, large eyes and some of the wickedest-looking teeth in its class, the mako shark is a highly sought-after game fish worldwide. ...
|
|
|
0 |
9427 |
duddy |
8 years ago |
What mechanism allowed early terrestrial animals to transition from water to land?
|
view preview
A new study finds that Mudskipper fish carry water in their mouths in order to eat prey outside of water. As seen in the video below, the hidden water is expelled at the moment of eating and it serves as a suction to move the water and their meal back toward the esophagus. The water suction, or “hydrostatic” tongue, may serve as the evolutionary bridge that allowed our aquatic ancestors to begin feeding on land.
|
|
|
1 |
35977 |
duddy |
9 years ago |
Ever been inside a fish before?
|
view preview
National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame has a 143-foot muskie fish building. It's lower jaw is an observation deck.
|
|
|
0 |
17896 |
duddy |
9 years ago |
|
2 |
4675 |
duddy |
9 years ago |
Spitting fish
|
view preview
Why do these fish look like they’re spouting puffs of magic dust out of their mouths? The tiny crustaceans (1 millimetre-long crustacean called an ostracod) that these transparent fish try to eat light them up, causing the fish to be at risk of predation themselves, so they spit them out! ...
|
|
|
0 |
3748 |
duddy |
9 years ago |
This fish looks like a melon
|
view preview
This is the red-eyed gaper, a type of anglerfish that can be found up to 2km below the ocean's surface. Its large head and red blobby face may not look too attractive, but the gaper lures prey in with the shiny patch between its eyes.
|
|
|
0 |
5844 |
duddy |
9 years ago |
Would you eat this mysterious blue fish?
|
view preview
Lingcods are sometimes found with amazing, edible blue flesh. A bile pigment called biliverdin seems to be the cause, but exactly how it gets into the flesh of the fish remains a mystery.
|
|
|
2 |
5210 |
duddy |
9 years ago |
How a heron bird catches fish - hilarious
|
view preview
Herons also have surprising intellectual abilities; they can use bread to catch fish! It is thought that the birds learn the technique from watching fisherman throw baited hooks and tourists tossing bread to attract fish.
|
|
|
1 |
2649 |
duddy |
9 years ago |
|
0 |
2011 |
duddy |
9 years ago |
A fish that resembles a bird
|
view preview
This bright blue fish, named the blue parrotfish, can be found in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and spends 80% of its time searching for food.
|
|
|
0 |
2400 |
duddy |
9 years ago |
A fish that doubles as a camera stand
|
view preview
Found all around the world, including off the coast of Australia, the tripod fish can live in depths of up to 6 km below the surface. The purpose of those super-long fins is to elevate the tripod fish to about a metre above the seabed, where the ocean's current is strong. This means that small prawns and crabs are ushered right into the tripod fish's gaping mouth, and all it has to do is stand there.
|
|
|
2 |
3221 |
duddy |
10 years ago |
How apes go fishing
|
view preview
This is the first photograph taken of an orangutan using a tool to fish in Borneo. The photo captures a moment when this male was using the pole to catch fish trapped in the locals’ fishing lines.
|
|
|
0 |
3121 |
duddy |
10 years ago |
My new favourite animal
|
view preview
Meet the guineafowl puffer ( Arothron meleagris), all puffed-up and poisonous to deter any would-be predators. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific Oceans, this spotty species loves feeding on tiny marine invertebrates and the tips of coral.
|
|
|
0 |
7558 |
duddy |
10 years ago |
A fish that spits
|
view preview
Besides what we probably have seen while watching The Little Mermaid - fish singing and playing instruments, Finding Nemo, Shark Tale - whale being cleaned at a whale wash! , or even Spongebob Square pants - making hamburgers that is, have you ever seen or heard of a spitting fish? Well, I have not, until today.. Apparently, the archerfish from the family Toxotidea, literally "spit" to catch their prey. It is like a frog, but upgraded, in the sense that it catches insects and land based prey without a weapon, or a physical means. It just teleports its prey from above water, into the water by knocking it out via shooting water droplets. The missile strength of the water droplet is created and altered based on how far and how big their prey is ...
|
|
|
2 |
6248 |
ehd123 |
10 years ago |