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.
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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.
Fish in different river systems having different adaptations to their environments. The Mekong giant catfish wouldn’t last a week in the Congo!!!
That’s an alligator gar. They grow big. They’re also common throughout Texas’ lakes and rivers.
That’s an alligator gar?
A fish evolved into a fish. That proves there no God! ;)
YEA THINK????????
Here's another
You have to have faith in evolution. Wait, that didn’t come out right.
Those guys know how to fish!
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.
What? How about a hotbed of diversity of species? Why put the word “evolution” into this? It’s a specific species of fish that has survived because it can do something that other fish cannot - sift for food though the river sediment.
Let’s take this simply - how many evolutionary ‘changes’ would be needed from saw the scary tiger fish to the elephant fish? 5? 10? 50? 500? And if just ONE of them doesn’t happen, then the elephant fish - or the tiger fish - doesn’t exist. Which one came first? Neither? What was the common ancestor, then?
EVOLUTION IS A SHAM. Survival of the ‘fittest’, sure, I can understand that. It means survival of the species best suited for the local/natural environment. Evolution? Nah...
They are sure ugly, but I wonder if they taste good?
Taste just like chicken. ;-)
Would not want them in our waters, but I bet I could dress and cook them.
Battered, deep fried, with Balsamic Vinegar. MMMMgood.
My favorite pass-time after cooking is eating.
Think about it. Filayed, basted with butter and lemon, rubbed with crushed red pepper, and broiled till just before brown.
Served with rice and chicken stock gravy.
MMMMgood.
On second thought, you understand that I do not do Alligator Gar, they are too big, strong tasting , and bony to be good.
They also stink.
Now Needlenose gar, are OK if fixed right.
But they really fight.
I like it. Looks like someone else likes crushed red pepper.
I have read articles on fly fishing for Tiger fish on the Congo River. I think it would be fun, in Kevlar waders of course.
That sounds good to me. Send some over;-)
The psychologically blind lack the synapses to see
Why you lock your doors down on the bayou.
<No noodling for that one.
The first time I saw noodling (I think on ‘Dirty Jobs’), I was dumbfounded. All I could was think, “Hell, no.” The noodlers looked like they were having fun, tho.
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