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Divers swim with giant fish species off FL coast
walb ^ | Sep 29, 2010

Posted on 09/29/2010 6:27:31 PM PDT by JoeProBono

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1 posted on 09/29/2010 6:27:37 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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2 posted on 09/29/2010 6:28:47 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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That would make a fine fish dinner!


3 posted on 09/29/2010 6:31:21 PM PDT by dforest
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They are cool, God loves His babies..


4 posted on 09/29/2010 6:31:32 PM PDT by aces
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I’d be scared to death.


5 posted on 09/29/2010 6:39:49 PM PDT by Senator Goldwater
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“That would make a fine fish dinner!”

Ah jewfish. Would that make it a kosher meal?


6 posted on 09/29/2010 6:43:27 PM PDT by goseminoles
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I didn’t know goliath groupers were Jewish. LOL


7 posted on 09/29/2010 6:46:30 PM PDT by dforest
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8 posted on 09/29/2010 6:48:12 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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>”Scientists are really trying to get a feel for what they’re diet is,
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Definitely not humans, or else you wouldnt be here talking about them.


9 posted on 09/29/2010 6:48:51 PM PDT by max americana (Hoax and Chains, Dopeychangey)
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A Philistine fish.


10 posted on 09/29/2010 6:49:01 PM PDT by AndrewB (FUBO)
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Goliath grouper are the big boys of the grouper family. This one, speared by Don Castille of Bridge City, Texas in the early 1960s, weighed more than 700 pounds.


11 posted on 09/29/2010 6:50:58 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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“I didn?t know goliath groupers were Jewish. LOL”

They used to call them jewfish. I guess the political correctness crowd had to change their name.


12 posted on 09/29/2010 6:58:19 PM PDT by goseminoles
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Saw a show where these fish were portrayed as very dangerous and testy. Looks like a giant bass to me and they aren’t too friendly toward prey.


13 posted on 09/29/2010 6:59:41 PM PDT by budwiesest (It's that girl from Alaska, again.)
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We saw one of these at Yalkul lagooon in the Yucatan in 1986. We were snorkeling and my hubby dove down to a tunnel of sorts saw a big fish, recognized it as a grouper. It was as big as the second photo in the thread with the scuba guy. The fish just rolled his eye back at him and swam out. He was huge and my hubby is 6’2” himself.


14 posted on 09/29/2010 7:00:10 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Wake up America we are at war with militant Islam and progressives - 2 fronts.)
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15 posted on 09/29/2010 7:00:31 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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16 posted on 09/29/2010 7:04:01 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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I look at those fish and I think of Jonah.


17 posted on 09/29/2010 7:09:39 PM PDT by Mr. Jazzy (God bless the United States of America and protect her from the enemies of freedom.)
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18 posted on 09/29/2010 7:11:09 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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Once grouper get over about 40-60 lbs the number of parasites in the flesh is at an insane level.
On the gulf side, int he 70’s their were a few 400lb + ones at Port Charlotte. Haven’t seen any in a while though.


19 posted on 09/29/2010 7:16:42 PM PDT by Waverunner (")
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This is a big, big, big mistake. I don’t care what anyone says, anything that big can eat you.


20 posted on 09/29/2010 7:18:05 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard
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