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Fish Spa

julia — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:38:04 +0000

Fish can help you to treat serious skin diseases. A special thermal spa in Turkey allows patients from all over the world swimming in the pool and letting the fish eat all infected parts of their skin. Fish “doctors” can help people to fight chronic, intractable diseases. Some people might find this treatment a bizarre method, but it’s very helpful!

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Transparent Headed Fish

vedrisha — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:24:47 +0000

Macropinna microstoma is the only species of fish in the genus Macropinna, belonging to Opisthoproctidae, the barreleye family. It is recognized for a highly unusual transparent, fluid-filled dome on its head, through which the lenses of its eyes can be seen.The eyes have a barrel shape and can be rotated to point either forward or straight up, looking through the fish’s transparent dome. M. microstoma has a tiny mouth and most of its body is covered with large scales. The fish normally hangs nearly motionless in the water, at 0a depth of about 600 metres (2,000 ft) to 800 metres (2,600 ft), using its large fins for stability and with its eyes directed upward. In the low light conditions it is assumed the fish detects prey by its silhouette. MBARI researchers Bruce Robison and Kim Reisenbichler observed that when prey such as small fish and jellyfish are spotted, the eyes rotate like binoculars, facing forward as it turns its body from a horizontal to a vertical position to feed. Robison speculates that M. microstoma steals food from siphonophores.
M. microstoma has been known to science since 1939, by Chapman, but is not known to have been photographed alive until 2004. Old drawings do not show the transparent dome, as it is usually destroyed when brought up from the depths.

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Bear Fishing in Alaska

vedrisha — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:02:57 +0000

One of the most wanted treat around the bears is definitely fish. Well, this article is all about that. Enjoy in viewing this great animals how they hunting fishes in fast rivers in Alaska.

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Amazing Underwater Photography

vedrisha — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:15:59 +0000

Makes me wonder are we the copy of this underwater world or is this our copy. Photos are really amazing and most of them look like a fairy tale. Amazing underwater photography.

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Story About Black Caviar

vedrisha — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:48:24 +0000

The caviar of the sturgeon is the most expensive. Currently, the dwindling fishing yields as a result of overfishing and pollution have resulted in the creation of less costly, though popular, caviar-quality roe alternatives from the whitefish and the North Atlantic salmon.
The harvest and sale of black caviar have been banned in Russia since August 1, 2007. The ban extends for 10 years, but scientific research and the artificial breeding of black caviar fish are exempted.
Commercial caviar production normally involves stunning the fish (usually by clubbing its head) and extracting the ovaries.
Nowadays most commercial fish farmers extract the caviar from the sturgeon surgically (compare Cesarean section) and then sew up the wound to keep sturgeon alive, allowing the females to continue producing more roe during their lives.
Nevertheless, other farmers are going even further, they are using a process called “stripping”, taking the caviar out of the fish without surgical intervention. This is the most humane approach towards fish that is present in our days, but not all farmers can do it due to the lack of knowledge in this field.
Given its high price in the West, caviar is associated with luxury and wealth. In Russia and other Eastern European cultures, though still expensive, caviar is commonly served at holiday feasts, weddings, and other festive occasions. Sturgeon-derived caviar is generally not eaten by Jews because sturgeon lack the scales mandated by the kosher diet. Sturgeon possess ganoid scales instead of the permitted ctenoid and cycloid scales. Although there is a discussion of its status within Halacha, since the scales will come off if soaked in lye; however, this does not apply to every roe-yielding fish species. In Islam generally all sea or river animals such as fish are lawful and halal which applies to the sturgeon as well as its caviar (depending on which school of practice), though in Twelver Shi’a Islam the creature has to have scales. In East Asia, “caviar” made from caplin roe may be found on sushi and is often very affordable. Salmon roe is called “ikura” in Japanese, a loan word from the Russian, “ikra” (caviar).
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Funniest Fish In The World

vedrisha — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:59:36 +0000

This is the funniest fish i have seen in my life. Gold Fishes are not supposed to be funny, but this particular one is hilarious.

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