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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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.
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