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Contents 1 '"Did you know..."' 1.1 December 2006 1.2 January 2007 1.3 Febuary 2007 1.4 March 2007 1.5 To be used

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[edit] December 2006

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  ...that tuna and some species of sharks are warm-blooded, and able to raise their body temperature significantly above that of the ambient water surrounding them?

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  ...that Ichthys is a symbol resembling a fish, used by early Christians as a secret symbol and is now known colloquially as the "Jesus fish." Ichthus (ΙΧΘΥΣ, Greek for fish) is an acronym to "Jesus Christ God's Son is Saviour"?

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  ...that GloFish is a trademarked brand of genetically modified (GM) fluorescent zebrafish with bright red, green, and orange fluorescent color. It is the first genetically modified animal to become publicly available as a pet?

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  ...that about 20 of the Lake Tanganyika's cichlid species use abandoned shells for safety and breeding. They are known as the shell dwellers?

[edit] January 2007

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  ...that the Little Mermaid statue of Copenhagen, a popular target of vandalism, has had its arm and head sawn off, painted a red bra, draped in a burka, blasted off its rock possibly with dynamite, and attached to a dildo?

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  ...that the gobies, fishes of the family Gobiidae, is one of the largest families of vertebrate, with more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera?

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  ...that the ariid catfish are an unusual group of catfish that live primarily in the sea, in contrast to the majority of catfish families which are strictly freshwater?

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  ...that the Tsukiji fish market, located in central Tokyo, is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind?

[edit] Febuary 2007

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  ...that crab sticks is a type of processed sea food made of surimi, or finely pulverized white fish flesh such as the Alaska pollock, that has been shaped and cured to vaguely resemble snow crab legs?

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  ...that some species of tilapia are sometimes called St. Peter's fish from the account in the Christian Bible about Peter catching a fish that carried a shekel coin in its mouth?

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  ...that the lateral line, a faint line running lengthwise down each side of the body of a fish, is a sense organ used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water?

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  ...that the Devil's Hole pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis, is an endangered species native to Devil's Hole, a geothermal (92°F), aquifer-fed desert pool of Nevada with a population of only 36 adults (as of May 2006)?

[edit] March 2007

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  ...that the armoured catfishes of the genus Panaque are notable for being among the very few vertebrates that feed extensively on wood?

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  ... that remoras have been used for catching sea turtles: when a turtle is sighted the remora with rope attached to its tail is released from the boat; it usually heads directly for the turtle and fastens itself to the turtle's shell, and then both remora and turtle are hauled in?

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  ...that guppy, one of the most popular aquarium fishes, was named after Robert John Lechmere Guppy (1836-1916) who discovered this tiny fish in Trinidad in 1866?

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  ...that carp was the subject of the first text on aquaculture, Fan Lee's "Treatise on Pisciculture," written in 473 BCE.?

[edit] To be used

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  ...that the brown bullhead catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus) is important as a clan symbol of the Ojibwe group of Native Americans? In their tradition the bullhead came out of the sea to form the original clans.

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  ...that the sea robins, bottom-feeding scorpaeniform fishes in the family Triglidae, get their name from their large pectoral fins, which, when swimming, open and close like a bird's wings in flight?

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  ...that the mudskippers, goby fishes of the subfamily Oxudercinae, are quite active when out of water, feeding and interacting with one another, as well as defending their territories?

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  ...that Scatophagidae, a family of perciform scavenging fishes commonly known as "scats," have their name derived from Greek words skatos meaning "feces" and phagein meaning "eat"?