Crafted by MacDaddy out of just over 3 pounds of glimmering gold and platinum and then encrusted with 100 carats of diamonds and rubies (4,753 stones to be exact) this bad boy retails for a cool $1 million. The Million Dollar Lure is made of both gold and platinum. It’s also adorned with over four thousand diamonds and rubies, weighing ... Read More
World’s Most Expensive Fishing Lure
Posted On 31 Jul 2010 By kim. Under: Amazing.
Crafted by MacDaddy out of just over 3 pounds of glimmering gold and platinum and then encrusted with 100 carats of diamonds and rubies (4,753 stones to be exact) this bad boy retails for a cool $1 million. The Million Dollar Lure is made of both gold and platinum. It’s also adorned with over four thousand diamonds and rubies, weighing ... Read More
Fish talk !?
Posted On 31 Jul 2010 By kim. Under: Interesting.
Senses play an important part in fish communication.
Visual communication is important to most fish. Body movements, postures, colors and color patterns are the primary means of visual communication. Sound is also used for communication. Sounds are produced by grinding teeth, flexing or contracting muscles and vibrating the swim bladder. Fish also communicate by releasing chemicals called PHEROMONES. Pheromones are chemicals ... Read More
Whale Shark – The World’s Biggest Fish
Posted On 24 Jul 2010 By kim. Under: Amazing.
Sharks are fishes who have some of the largest sizes as compared to all aquatic life. Sharks come in all sizes, ranging from twenty two centimeters, and aptly named the pygmy shark to the largest fish in the world, the whale shark. The species was first identified in April 1828 following the harpooning of a 4.6-metre (15.1 ft) specimen in Table ... Read More
How long do fish live?
Posted On 19 Jul 2010 By kim. Under: Interesting.
Well just like people fish are all different. And so some live a lot longer than others. A few weeks or months (some of the small reef fishes) to 50 years or more (sturgeons). Longevity information is still sparse, but scientists have learned that species live 10 to 20 years in temperate waters. There are a few that are around ... Read More
Mola Mola – Ocean Sunfish
Posted On 12 Jul 2010 By kim. Under: Amazing.
Ocean sunfish are gentle, slow-moving giants residing in tropical or temperate oceans all over the world. There are four different species of ocean sunfish: common sunfish, Southern Ocean sunfish, slender sunfish and sharptail sunfish.
Ocean sunfish, or mola, look like the invention of a mad scientist. Huge and flat, these silvery-gray fish have tiny mouths and big eyes that vanish into ... Read More
Lionfish
Posted On 08 Jul 2010 By kim. Under: Interesting.
A Lionfish is any of several species of venomous marine fish in the genera Pterois, Parapterois, Brachypterois, Ebosia or Dendrochirus, of the family Scorpaenidae. The lionfish is also known as the Turkey Fish, Scorpion or Fire Fish. The largest species of lionfish can grow up to 0.4 meters, or 15 inches, in length, although on an average their length is ... Read More
