Archive for the ‘Fishes (and other Sea Creatures)’ Category

He crawled onboard the vessel and helped himself to a gourmet of spot prawns and shrimp bait.

Sea Cucumber provides daytime living quarters for the pearlfish.

Quite an interesting name

I can’t say I have heard of the Tasselled Wobbegong before. I was suprised to find it is the name tagged to a shark that resides in the western parts of the Pacific Ocean. The Tasselled Wobbegong is also referred to as a carpet shark and is a member of the Orectolobidae family of sharks. Even though it’s not one I have heard of in the past, it is a common name that 12 different species of carpet sharks have. Wobbegong is thought to be derived from the Australian Aboriginal language and means ,’shaggy beard.’

The Wobbegongs

Wobbegongs are sharks that live on the bottom of the ocean which is why they are also called carpet sharks. They like the shallow and tropical waters in the western areas of the Pacific Ocean and in the eastern parts of the Indian Ocean. You will see them around Australia and Indonesia most the time. There is yet another type of wobbegong that is the Japanese one. This one can be found more north around Japan. Wobbegongs grow to about 4 feet 1 inches in length. There are two types of wobbegongs, the spotted and the banded that have been know to reach lengths of 9.8 feet. The wobbegong color along with the fact it lives on the ocean bottom is why it is referred to as a carpet shark. It’s body is well camouflaged with regular patterns on it that also resemble a carpet. Then the bearded appearance of whiskers around its jaw looks a bit like the fringes of the carpet.

Eating habits

The tasselled plus other types of wobbegongs use their whiskers around their jaws to help them catch food. Their appearance helps them to hide on the bottom of the ocean or in rocks to surprise their prey. They eat small fish most the time. One thing they do not eat is humans. It has become known that they will also eat other sharks as in the case of the one in the picture eating a Bamboo shark. This picture is a rare find that was taken along Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. It shows a tasselled Wobbegong with a brownbanded bamboo sharks head in its mouth. The bamboo shark is already dead at the time the photo was taken.

Don’t throw rocks at it to see. It just may eat you.

Old Creatures Look Like Aliens

Triops may not be aliens, but they are amongst some of the species of life that has been on this earth for the longest time. There are fossils you can find of these interesting crustaceans that in the last 70 million years have not hardly changed.  You can find Triops in tiny pools of water on the top of desert mesas. They live in fresh water and are of the crustaceans group. They have also been called ,’living fossils’. When you view the video you will see where they got that name. There is a demand for these very interesting shrimp creatures. They are sold in stores that sell novelty items if you are interested in buying one.

The triops can be found in small pools of water in the desert that are usually left over from the flash floods from the summer rains. The water dries up in the heat of the desert sun and of course  the tiny triops then die without the water. The life span of a triop is short due to this and is figured to be about 20 to 40 days long in the wild.

Video of Triops

Triop is just a Frolic Shrimp, Not Alien Life Form

The triop is a very frolic shrimp that reminds you of a horseshoe crab. You can buy kits that contain the eggs of a triop to watch the eggs hatch into the shrimp. Then you can watch them and study them in your own little tank kit which comes with food and other items you need. They will grow from being just an egg to an adult triop in approximately 6 weeks time. The reason it is so easy to sell these eggs in this way is because the eggs can dry out and be kept in baggies but when you add water and light to them, they hatch. The triops living today could be from the triops that lived millions of years ago. The eggs can dry out and lay dormant for many years and still hatch out when the conditions are right. Watch the video to see how fossil like these little creatures are as they are swimming in a pool of water in their natural habitat.

Japan is well known because of many unusual and weird things and whenever we see something bizarre on television we think „This is possible only in Japan“. Well, Japan won’t disappoint you this time either. National Geographic published interesting video about unusual sea creatures that live in Suruga Bay, 70 miles south west of Tokyo. In this video you will see exotic animals that you’ve never seen before. National Geographic put their remotely operated vehicle with cameras in real twilight zone, where the sun never shines.

If you’re interested to see what did National Geographic prepared for you this time, then play this video immediately and enjoy in unusual beauty of Saruga Bay. You will see some exotic eels and also tiniest sharks in the world, that can fit in the palm of your hand. You will also see huge spider crab, largest crab in the world that you can find only in Japan. This spider crab can grow more then three meters across. How would you react if you see creature like that while swimming in your sea? It wouldn’t be so good for you because this crab is also called „dead-man crab“. Are you wondering why? Watch this video and find out!

At the end you will see female chimaera in the process of releasing her eggs from the body. Sounds interesting, don’t you agree? This fish is also called sea rat. All this unusual and interesting sea animals are video recorded because of modern technology. Because of technology we can see places that people usually can’t go to. Who knows what else will technology bring us and what will we discover because of it. We can’t wait to see! But, enough talking – load this awesome video and go to beautiful adventure in big blue sea. We are sure that you will enjoy it!

Guppies have become an invasive species. Are they dangerous? No. They do teach us something about letting species loose into the wild that aren’t originally from the area. Letting a guppy loose in your pond or tossing a bowl full of guppies into your local river isn’t going to cause a major threat to others or the world. Throwing an alligator into the big fishing lake up the street could cause alarm.

If alligators spawned and produced like guppies are able to, we would be having a major issue with wild gators. Guppies can reproduce even if all you have is a female.

Releasing one single female guppy into a lake can be the start of a whole new population of guppies. They don’t need a male to fertilize the eggs. A female guppy can carry sperm to fertilize her eggs when she lays them for many months after they have mated. This lets them lay fertilized eggs even with no male present.

That guppy you tossed into the river could be starting a whole new population of guppies in the wild. Guppies have shown up in every area the world except Antarctica.

Guppies in Southern India are put into water troughs, wells and ponds to try and keep the mosquito population down. This is done a lot in India. It seems to be an okay idea beings all the areas are enclosed and don’t empty into another water way. The problem comes when the heavy rains start and the contained water overflows onto the land, flooding occurs and the guppies get washed away into other sources of water. There they meet some of our domestic fish. I imagine a great deal of them get eaten by domestic fish, but if one female can produce that many off spring, there are still plenty going to be born.

Next time you are tempted to release an animal into the wild, think again. Maybe it’s not such a good idea. Can the animal survive? Is it native to your area? Maybe there is some where else you could take the animal to and it could be taken to a safer area and released. It’s best to think about things like this before buying an exotic animal.

The very best bait for catfish may be the stinkiest stuff you can acquire. Catfish are bottom bird feeders and can eat nearly everything. When the catfish can smell it they’ll enjoy it.

Like a youthful kid my hobby was trapping. Once I call in your thoughts my dad taking apart a skunk because of its aroma sack and putting that along with some stinky meat. Since matter stunk! An I am suggesting this why? That will help you comprehend that simply roughly every factor living is drawn to some type of smell so when opting for potential predators and scavengers for example coyotes and catfish the very best bait for catfish will probably be the grossest smelling items you can muster up.

For catfish, rank bait would be the best bait for catfish but there’s also live bait that is excellent. Within the water it is the splashing that draws in the catfish. Perhaps you have seen the films with sharks in which the swimmer is splashing around, observe that these transpire late during the night, however their kicking and splashing is exactly what brings the understanding of the sharks.

Catfish make the perfect deal like sharks and among the best bait for catfish will be a bait that’s making lots of commotion. Using the information the catfish is really a scavenger we should not be alarmed to discover that the best bait employed for catfish is bugs, earthworms, frogs, other seafood, as well as small rats for example rodents. Catfish are also found of shrimp, prawns, craw-fish, along with other crustaceans. Particularly make sure that these kinds of bait have the freedom of shells.
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Simply mind boggling how huge a few of these catfish could possibly get! For instance, it’s known of these monsters to weigh in around 123 pounds. Forty to 80 pounds is much more the typical size these large catfish. Which means you don’t take a risk of losing one of these simple monsters make certain that the lines are heavy enough to ensure that they’re on. While using the fresh live bait the very best bait for catfish, large catfish that’s, use bullhead catfish. Bullheads are thought game seafood and might not be legal inside your condition so make certain and appearance the local rules and rules before fishing together.

If you are not fishing with live bait then your best bait, for me, will be the stinkiest bait you are able to collect. However, while using the new live bait then your best bait for catfish make use of a more compact bullhead catfish.

The world is shocked at the news that an innocent dolphin died because the noise caused during a European Techno rave overwhelmed it. We are talking about an eight year old, female dolphin named Shadow. The news items splashed all over the Internet say that “Rave kills dolphin”. It died due to the impact of loud music when a two-day rave party was held at Connyland Marine Park in Lipperswill, Switzerland.

We usually read about drug overdoses, auto accidents, drunken fights and all that during such rave parties. This is the first time when the “good times” of modern crowd caused the death of an animal – a sweet nature dolphin.

Animal experts have told that the loud beats of the music had upset the dolphin so much that it stopped breathing. Dolphins, by the way, are among the very few mammals that need to remind themselves to breathe.

The story says that the dolphin was very distressed the first day of the rave. In the second day of the event, Shadow became very restless. The trainer tried very hard to calm Shadow but the animal would not be calmed. Shadow was too restless; suddenly it stopped breathing and the heart stopped.

The noise levels were over 100 decibels. Dolphins have very acute sense of hearing since a dolphin’s auditory nerves are highly developed. Animal activists were present at the night of the rave and they complained against the noise and insisted that it was cruel to expose the dolphins to such onslaught of noise. One of the activists exclaimed that the sound level was comparable to a pneumatic tool.

People who read the news were heart-broken. The incident stirred many protests in Europe and worldwide. It seems that campaigners had warned the authorities that the bursting loud music in the two day event will lead to stress among the dolphins in the aquarium. There were about ten dolphins in the aquarium and most probably, Shadow was the most sensitive of all. Indeed, “Rave kills dolphin”. Dolphins are such wonderful animals; the eternal friends in of man at sea. The death of this dolphin is a horrible way to thank this wonderful animal for its love for humans.

In an English field, in a marsh area a half mile in from the sea, a 33 foot long whale that had beached and died.was discovered. It was found close by the English village of Skeffling. It is thought to be a Sei whale that possibly became stranded on the beach after it was caught in an unusually high autumn equinox tide. That could explain how it happened to be so far inland.

During the tide, the whale was pushed onto the marsh area, but after the tide receded, the whale was left behind, unable to return to the ocean. There are many times a whale will come close to land in the shallow water looking for food. The marsh is connected to the sea.

It appears this isn’t the only case of a whale being found to have died after being beached in England over the past month. Scientist have raised concern that there is a change in the sea currents which is allowing the much colder Arctic waters to mix into the North Sea. This would possibly be the reason that whales are moving in closer to the coast line and getting stranded.

It is sad when a whale has become beached and it sends out cries to it’s pod for help.This can sometimes end up with even more whales becoming beached as the pod comes to the help of the distressed whale. The whale will most likely die of dehydration. Sometimes they will die when the tide returns flooding it’s blowhole and drowning it.

The Sei whale died in September of 2011. It is thought to have been a female Sei whale. The Sei is a type of whale that is rarely seen close by the British coastline.