I found a bunch of pictures from my last job working with wild fish and I figured some of you critter-lovers would enjoy them
The angriest red-eared slider I've ever seen
mmmmmMMMMWWAAAAAAAHHH! (paddlefish)
A northern pike. These were always hard to work with because they're super slippery.
Grasp it firmly in your hand (paddlefish)
"I told you, mom, it's not just a phase!" (bighead carp)
Long, long man (longnose gar)
The biggest smallmouth buffalo we caught
The size of this lad (bighead carp)
That's a cute kitty (channel catfish I think)
Softshell turtles wake up every morning and choose violence. This one was trying to bite my finger off as I was taking its picture.
I've never seen a grouchy pancake before (softshell turtle)
Most turtles are chill. Snapping turtles are angry enough to for the rest of them
A freshwater drum. These guys make a grunting noise when they're upset
A bucked o' snoots. Pretty sure we were collecting these so fish and wildlife could tag and release them. (paddlefish)
A water snake
A juvenile gar. Just as pointy as the adults
I have apprehended the criminal
A bigger drum. This was more around the size we usually caught
A very shiny river carpsucker
A very mossy man (red-eared slider)
Anyone want to play darts? (longnose gar)
Looking very dignified (painted turtle?)
Take this, it will be important in your quest (common carp)
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designed some carp red envelopes for the washi station's lunar new year collection, available now - double duty zodiac year independent lucky fish / pre-transformation carp leaping up the waterfall for year of the dragon
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Yesterday I visited the Maretarium Aquarium, an aquarium in Kotka, Finland! Here are some pictures :)
All the tanks and fish were very beautiful indeed! But the showstopper was definitely the Baltic Sea tank, which holds 680 000 liters of water. It’s the single biggest tank in all of Finland, it is seven meters deep, it gets its water from the Baltic right next to Maretarium, and it houses sturgeons, salmon, trout, perches, zanders, roaches… the list goes on.
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I have my gripes with carpe diem but I mostly just love it because it is quite literally “the only way we can get this guy to tell people how he died is if we write him into a teensy tiny corner where he thinks he’s about to be gone forever” and that is hilarious to me
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