Fish Legends.

[J. H.]

A catasrophe in India, with Pacu and RBPs released into the wild and going feral, also published evidence that pacu love the taste of human genitals LOL:
https://www.firstpost.com/india/fis...ha-threat-humans-not-safe-either-2261848.html

 

[krichardson]

A catasrophe in India, with Pacu and RBPs released into the wild and going feral, also published evidence that pacu love the taste of human genitals LOL:
https://www.firstpost.com/india/fis...ha-threat-humans-not-safe-either-2261848.html

LOL!....where are the reports of pissed off pacu biting off people's genitals?

 

[J. H.]

LOL!....where are the reports of pissed off pacu biting off people's genitals?

However, compared to its cousin the Piranha, the Red Belly Pacu is less harmful and aggressive," Mathew had told Deccan Herald then. Pacu are but notorious for biting off testicles when they are hungry and people venture into their area.

 

[krichardson]

It seems that the candiru has an adversary.

 

[Deadliestviper7]

A catasrophe in India, with Pacu and RBPs released into the wild and going feral, also published evidence that pacu love the taste of human genitals LOL:
https://www.firstpost.com/india/fis...ha-threat-humans-not-safe-either-2261848.html

Definitely keeping an eye out on this In India,one of the lakes out here has piranhas, but they never reach huge schools, likely because they are easy targets in winter, combined with few good hiding places for young

 

[J. H.]

Japanese sailors used bioluminescent ostracods (seed shrimp) to see at night. This one was confirmed by Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vargula_hilgendorfii
"Dried sea-firefly were sometimes used as a light source by the Japanese army during World War II to read maps in the dim light."

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Japanese sailors used bioluminescent ostracods (seed shrimp) to see at night. This one was confirmed by Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vargula_hilgendorfii
"Dried sea-firefly were sometimes used as a light source by the Japanese army during World War II to read maps in the dim light."

They also put them on life jackets, (made of glowing sea algae) that light up when they come into contact with water

 

[J. H.]

Wow LOL

I'm gonna have a real hard time refuting you on this, because you appear to lack the basic knowledge of fisheries for me to be able to frame it for you. Unmanaged fishing pressure suppresses the size of fishes in a watershed. That's not even a supposition, it's one of the most basic tenants of fisheries management.

This is true, whether or not you choose to believe it. Constantine Rafinesque, the guy who literally named many of the plants and animals in America for the first time in the early 1800s, is widely considered a reliable authority. He did his surveys in the Midwest after the Louisiana Purchase. He described 6,700 new species of plant and animal. He published works on evolution 30 years before Darwin. This guy knew his stuff. If that man claimed that 250+ pound blues were not unusual in a time prior to commercial fishing, I'm inclined to believe him.

This isn't "just supposed sightings".

I told this to someone and he wants to know where it is written. Can you tell me?

 

[Chicxulub]

I told this to someone and he wants to know where it is written. Can you tell me?

Which part?

 

[J. H.]

Which part?

The bit about the 400lb blue catfish. The information about fisheries management and Rafanesque-Shmaltz's biography are easy enough to find. (Thanks for getting me to look him up, he's really interesting.)