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I'm asking myself, is that fish perhaps committing a hate crime by virtue of its simply existing?
THOUGHT YOU'D SNEAK SHITTY SHOT SHIT BY ME LINDY WEST? I'LL DABAIT YO ASS TOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Now the fish that haunts my nightmares is the candiru. Let's just say that there is at least one documented case of a candiru having to be surgically removed from a man's penis.
Oh and @5, thanks! I can never go into the ocean again.
P.S. did you see the coelacanth?
Things to fear are closer than you think...
They keep them in the same huge tank that they keep the Amazon Dwarf Manatees, to which they compare favorably in size.
You enter the Aquarium through the top floor, where there's an Amazon tree canopy exhibit, from which you can look down to view the Manatees grooving on the surface. It's quite a sight to see a similarly sized FISH cruise up out of the depths.
But don't fear the Arapaima.
It's awful damn big, but too small to lunch on you, unless you're a small child or H. florensies (a Hobbit) or already dead. Notice that there are Hobbit-sized fish swimming right along with the monster. If they were in any danger, in a captive environment, they wouldn't be there.
Please tell me the Vancouver Aquarium allows visitors to swim with the fishies for an additional fee... .
This may an entirely new and profitable revenue stream for them 'cause who doesn't like curious bony-tongued anything.
Makes swimming with dolphins seem almost Republican by comparison.
Also, "bony tongue" is the kinkiest pair of words I've ever read.
They look like they're made of brass.
It's so ugly because it's from the bottom of the ocean where there's no light.
It makes me scared to swim in the ocean even though the ocean's really big, because it's like when there's a tiny turd at the bottom of the pool that probably doesn't really matter, but it does.
i think.
http://everything2.com/title/Candiru
A.S.S.H.O.L.E. will no longer be subscribing to your blog. GOOD DAY.
There was a fish, or a rumor of a fish, like this in Vietnam. Soldiers were warned to wear a condom 24/7, except while urinating, and even then to pee through something to keep the fish from coming up the stream. Dunno what it was; candiru are only in the Amazon. Grey's Anatomy did a story about them, but it was shockingly total bullshit ("world's smallest vertebrate", not hardly).
cuz, you know, bony tongue!
Arapaima Lindy, that is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Otter
and thanks for the correct use of "fishes."
xom
http://www.seattleaquarium.org/NetCommun…
Some fun Sixgill shark facts:
1. Sixgill sharks all have the same zip code NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE. They are the only species of fish that exhibits this behavior.
2. Sixgill sharks are allergic to cyclamate which is a sweetener used in Diet Coke. You should never share a Diet Coke with sixgill, as it will make them itchy.
3. Arapaima's heads look like playground slides with eyes, but this does not redeem their lifetime dedication to hedonistism and evil.
Ingredients:
Fish:
• 1 kg of pirarucu pieces
• Salt and black pepper to taste
1 liter of water
• 2 bergamots (montenegrina) cut half + peel rasps
• 1 branch of thyme
1 branch of celery
• 1 glass of dry white wine
Purée:
• 1 kg of yam cooked water and salt
• 200g of cold butter
• 150ml of milk
• 50ml of fresh cream
salt and black pepper
• 500g of baru nut, peeled, roasted and chopped
Preparation:
Step 1
Dress the fish with salt, black pepper, and bergamot peel rasps, set aside.
Step 2
Heat the water with the bergamot, thyme, celery and wine.
Step 3
Add the fish and cook for 5 to 10 minutes, until it is tender.
Step 4
For the purée, heat the pre-cooked and mashed yam together with the cold butter and milk, salt and black pepper to taste
Step 5
Add the fresh cream, little by little, so as not to clabber.
Step 6
Use the Baru for decoration. The crispy part will result from that.
Note: There is a separate recipe available for grating the bony tongue together with brazil nuts.
Delicious!