Posted on 02/13/2009 2:09:52 PM PST by JoeProBono
Goliath tiger fish, such as the one seen above, are among the uniquely adapted "monster fish" of the Congo River, which winds through several African countries. A recent, unprecedented river run on the Congo yielded a raft of new discoveries, including different species--some potentially new--in nearly every nook and cranny, scientists announced this week.The river was also found to be possibly the world's deepest, and its extraordinary changes in depths and currents help explain why it's such a hotbed of fish diversity.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...
The Congo's freshwater elephant fish, such as the one seen above, use their long snouts to sift through river bottom sediments for food--another example of the Congo as a hotbed of evolution.
The Goliath tiger fish, said to grow up to 150 pounds (68 kilograms), may be able to overcome barriers in the tumultuous and turbid Congo River that smaller fish cannot.
Looks like a fresh water ‘Cuda.
think I’ll pass going swimming there
looks like a cuda w/ shark teeth
No noodling for that one.
THAT would ba a real bad idea!
African fishermen African fishermen take their traps down to the edge of the Congo River. Near Stanleyville in the Belgian Congo (now Kisangani, Zaire)
I CAN HAS KITTEN?
THEIR GOES ANY THOUGHT OF FLY FISHING TOO
3 Giants from the Congo River, caught by George Neuville. The large fish, in the middle, weighed in over 90 lbs.
I see fish.
I don’t see any “evolution”.
The emperor has no clothes.
Last time I checked my $95 Darwin Courseware
Big fish with teeth == God does not exist
Do I get an A?
Can I become a doctor now or a tenured professor of all things Darwin?
“No noodling for that one.”
That’s for dang sure. You know what a cat that size will do to a mans arm? With that puppy you would draw back a nub. It would kinda be like those old boys who go into a bramble after a wild boar hog with a hunting knife. They may be more of a sportsman than me, but I feel like I have more common sense than they do.
WTF is that??? More importantly, where was that pulled from in Texas so I can avoid that lake/river ... that’s practically a freshwater bony shark.
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