Why would anyone (besides Bassholes) want to manhandle a bunch of dead fish?
Really, its beyond me, but apparently, by pulling them out of the water and cutting them open, you can learn a thing or two. Now, I will admit, that though I am approaching the completion of my Masters in Marine Science, I know hardly anything about fish (hopefully I made it clear enough in past posts that there are, in fact, a few more creatures in the sea worth studying). But, I did, however, learn during this recent course at sea that fish o have some interesting things going on. First, did you know that their gut length often corresponds to their diet (imagine unraveling fish guts and lining them up against a ruler)? Second, some fish apparently open their mouths real wide to keep from being eaten (I think I might start doing this the next time I face an opponent). Lastly, some fish have special little brushy teeth to gently pull leaves off of algae. Now, I might have missed a few dead fishy facts here, but perhaps there is more than meets the nose...
Isnt that a big nemo?
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