Hungry Gars + Fingers = OW!

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E_americanus said:
i'm pretty sure he understands that, and even if not, the second row of teeth in LEP genus is more or less irrelevant in that question.

no time to get into the details but i'll post a link to an actual gar species-wide PSI study that was done (including a fossil species) soon. you asked about tooth replacement...they don't necessarily migrate like in sharks, but they are replaceable in most cases. the crazy ones are the spotted gars we find in the wild which have huge fangs that have grown up from the lower jaws and THROUGH the upper jaw and protrude from the top of the snout...will have to dig up some pics...Richard and i have seen these "saber-tooth" gars here and there in our field work--
--solomon
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haha yes please do!

Michael, congrats!:P
 
E_americanus said:
to screamin - LEP genus gars can be pretty bad too, in fact my worst bite was from a wild spotted gar on a measuring board while in Louisiana. the wild gars of any genus have much larger teeth, i'll have to get some photos together as the comparison between wild and captive is ridiculous.
--solomon
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Wild Louisiana gar teeth - At some point in his life, he was apparently caught on a trot line and his upper was chopped off. He apparently does pretty well despite the injury because I see him often in this area of the lake.

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I almost had to post a thread like this. Feeding my monsters last night, when a piece of tilapia got caught in a plant. Going to remove it caused my largest florida (just under 18" now and thick) to think I was food. He chased me until I got my arm out.
 
Lepisosteus platyrhincus said:
I almost had to post a thread like this. Feeding my monsters last night, when a piece of tilapia got caught in a plant. Going to remove it caused my largest florida (just under 18" now and thick) to think I was food. He chased me until I got my arm out.
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I hope not that he thought that your arm was a feeder fish! Just Kidding, I know your probably yoked!:)
 
I've been bit before as well. Not a fun experience. One of my cubans tagged me when I was showing a friend how they would come to the surface and "beg" for food. Got bit by an 8" ish cuban. Even at this small size my finger was bleeding for a couple minutes and had a couple cuts on it.
 
Yesh bunch o' babies.. Been tagged many times and been sliced up on Gar fins many more times.. Comes with the fish get used to it.
Worst one I had though was the Croc I.. that sucker was a maniac and just loved to be unpredictable. Only Gar I've ever seen that had a serious Attack mode issue.
 
Pejelajarto said:
Yesh bunch o' babies.. Been tagged many times and been sliced up on Gar fins many more times.. Comes with the fish get used to it.
Worst one I had though was the Croc I.. that sucker was a maniac and just loved to be unpredictable. Only Gar I've ever seen that had a serious Attack mode issue.
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No baby here... just reporting a funny story. 24" tropical gar may not have the ferociousness of a Croc I but it sure didn't tickle. :)
 
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