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Perhaps one of the biggest fish tragedies of all time is that tunas, the large, fast, powerful apex predators of the open ocean that have evolved to be perfectly hydrodynamic thanks to millions of years of evolution, with fins that can be retracted into grooves in the body for maximum smoothness, which can heat up their swimming muscles and brains and eyes to become even more efficient hunters, who are in fact several species of fish, the largest of which (Atlantic bluefin) can reach four meters in length and rivals the marlins in being the largest perciform fish.....

....are just kinda known as a food item by most people. Like cod, this animal should be a symbol of raw power and speed, not fish dinner time

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I first saw this in a book when I was a child and was just able to find this low-quality scan on google, but it remains the only image I have ever seen pertaining to this beautiful animal. I would love to see what it looks like in real detail, especially with all three jaws intact. Even the only *drawing* is a damaged one? Is it just found that rarely?! :(

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when u think about his soulful brown eyes…

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"The deepwater cisco (below) was a herring-sized fish with large silvery scales and a short back or dorsal fin. It weighed about 1 kg (2.2 lb). The longjaw cisco (above) was a close relative with a streamlined body and snout."

From Extinct Underwater Creatures and Those in Danger of Extinction (1991) by Phillip Steele.

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IDGAF (I draw giant ass fish)

Prints

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:'(

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Gar hugs gar

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Happy gars 🐟

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can you imagine being dealt this hand

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"Do you ever dream of land?" The whale asks the tuna.

"No." Says the tuna, "Do you?"

"I have never seen it." Says the whale, "but deep in my body, I remember it."

"Why do you care," says the tuna, "if you will never see it."

"There are bones in my body built to walk through the forests and the mountains." Says the whale.

"They will disappear." Says the tuna, "one day, your body will forget the forests and the mountains."

"Maybe I don't want to forget," Says the whale, "The forests were once my home."

"I have seen the forests." Whispers the salmon, almost to itself.

"Tell me what you have seen," says the whale.

"The forests spawned me." Says the salmon. "They sent me to the ocean to grow. When I am fat with the bounty of the ocean, I will bring it home."

"Why would the forests seek the bounty of the oceans?" Asks the whale. "They have bounty of their own."

"You forget," says the salmon, "That the oceans were once their home."

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He wants to know if you like his new hat?

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Well?

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He wants to know if you like his new hat?

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Well?

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crayfish galore!

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