The largest fish is the whale shark-it can be over 50 feet long and weigh

[bigwillq]

2 tons!

Snapple Fun Fact #116! :)

[Jesus H. Christ]

1. aww jess, dee gentle ghiant of dee deep.

[bigwillq]

3. Cool pic!

:hi:

[jonnyblitz]

2. will!

working late tonight? :hi:

[bigwillq]

6. Yes. But then I am going out

My friend Megan is up from Jersey for the holidays so we're going to "The Playwright" in New Haven.


That's "our spot" when she comes back to CT.

I can't wait to go! Can't wait to drink and dance!
:hi:

[jonnyblitz]

10. not familiar with places in New Haven

I don't get to New Haven that much though its only down the road from me.

Have fun!! :)

[bigwillq]

11. It's an Irish Pub/restaurant but at night

they open the back room and there's a DJ. Some good music too, a good mix.

I always have fun there.

You really need to come down to New Haven. I'll show you a good time.

[jonnyblitz]

13. sounds good to me!

having vehicle issues right now. one of the vehicles is down and we are "sharing".

[bigwillq]

15. Well when the car troubles are over, you're more than welcome

to take a ride down and we'll go for a drink!:beer:

[jonnyblitz]

18. yup,...its doable..

after the smoke clears from the holidays we shall plan something. :thumbsup:

[bigwillq]

21. So you really wanna be my first?

DUer, I meet in person!! :evilgrin:


Yes, after the holidays we really should plan something.


:hi:

[Cuban_Liberal]

4. You'd have to make a whole MESS of hushpuppys...

... if you hooked one of those!

;)

[bigwillq]

7. Hee Hee

:hi:

[da_chimperor]

5. They also taste wonderful grilled with some lemon and salt

:evilgrin:

[MuseRider]

8. Really great picture.

In all my years diving I have wanted most to see one of these guys. Everything else has crossed my path that I have really wanted to see. This is a must see before I die.

[bigwillq]

9. I really want to see a living Giant Squid

Even if it's just on TV or in a pic

[oneighty]

24. Hey!

You never told me you were a diver too! Cool.

180

[MuseRider]

32. I thought we had talked

about that! I must be forgetting. I knew you were a diver in the Navy, am I right? :hi: 180, how are things?

[oneighty]

35. I think my mind is slipping away!

Other than that I am fine. Yes I do recall talking with you about it!

Cold here on the shore of Lake Erie!

180

[MuseRider]

36. Cold here too my friend!

It could easily be my mind these days. I can't seem to find the lists I make so I don't forget things. My mind is an easy thing to lose anymore.

[pinniped]

12. And it sustains itself on plankton!

My favorites are the Manta Ray and Killer Whale.

[bigwillq]

14. I love the Orca

Such a beautiful creature!:hi:

[mtnsnake]

16. At the other end of the spectrum is that dreaded tiny Amazonian catfish,

the candiru, also known as the toothpick catfish. It's the one that John Voight's character talked about in that stupid movie, "Anaconda". Apparently, it's way more dangerous than piranha. If you go for a dip, they'll swim up one or more of your orifices and create all kinds of havoc.

This is an excerpt from an article about it:

"So there you are, the intrepid tourist on the banks of the Amazon River, wading in for a swim. Maybe you had a little too much to drink and you also need to pee. You figure you might as well do it while you're in the water. So you glide right in and let loose.

Along comes a candiru. Sniffing urine, it darts toward the source, thinking it's heading into a host fish. Instead it's swimming straight up your urethra, where it plants itself by raising its gill covers and driving its spines into your exquisitely sensitive tissues.

This is where the screaming part comes in.

Removal is said to be so difficult, and the pain so excruciating, that South American natives have been known to amputate the penis just to end the ordeal.

Lest women think this is a problem just for the guys, candiru have been known to burrow inside any unprotected orifice, including the anus, vagina, and nose."

http://www.tessgerritsen.com/story.cfm?CID=23

Here's more pleasant reading about that cute little fish. Give me piranha any day of the week and twice on Sunday!:

http://bondgirl.blogspot.com/2004/11/that-parasite-story.html

[bigwillq]

17. Saw a something about them on Animal Planet

But didn't think they were that bad. :scared:

[mtnsnake]

19. There's only one way for you to find out

and I'm not going in with you ;)

[bigwillq]

23. Well, who said you were invited?!

:P

I hope I never run into one of those monsters!

[mtnsnake]

25. That's what the last guy said

to one of those tiny catfish that swam up his weiner!!

:evilgrin:

[bigwillq]

29. LOL!

;-)

[Placebo]

20. A flamingo is pink because of the shrimp it eats.

I love Snapple Fun facts!

[bigwillq]

22. Glad you enjoy the facts as much as I do!

:hi:

[pinniped]

28. The next Snapple fun fact should say farmed salmon is orange...

because of the SalmoFan™. I doubt many people would buy farmed salmon if it didn't have the fake color added. I don't eat it or buy it, period.

[bigwillq]

30. We should make up our own facts

and send them to Snapple and see if they get used!

[Goathead]

26. There was a Whale shark off the Kona coast

not far from where I live last month. It made the papers and a lot of people got to swim with it. But I missed out. They are very unpredictable when they show up. Living in Hawaii for the past 3 and half years there have been maybe 3 sightings. I wish I could go swim with one. It is on my life list of things to do.

[bigwillq]

31. That would be an amazing adventure

I hope it happens for you.:hi:

[MuseRider]

33. The Kona coast???

My most favorite place on earth is the area just up from there. Ahhh, the diving was fabulous there and we loved it so much that we actually looked for land so we could move there. Alas, it was too big of a deal to transport all of my horses although I did look into it. You are so lucky to live there.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. Whale Sharks are harmless to people

and usually indifferent to divers. They're filter feeders, and their diet is primarily krill, plankton, and small squid and fish.

[Baja Margie]

34. Yes Goddess, that's so true

They are amazing, and I have seen them. Here's a neat article with pictures. You know a really WEIRD shark is the Basking Shark, I have not personally seen one. Anyway, they show up off the coast of Scotland and England and just bask, they don't bother anyone, but to this day, noone really knows where they migrate from. Weird, huh?

The one to watch, is the Leopard Shark. He loves to munch on people.

http://gecko.mystarband.net/default.htm

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. Thanks for the cool website!

When I was a kid, I saw one of those Jacques Cousteau specials that included some fabulous footage of a diver with a Whale Shark.

Have you been swimming with them?

I've never heard of the Basking Shark before...sounds fascinating!