Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Business, Underwater on 03 11th, 2009 | No Comments

Pet shop receives delivery of dead man instead of tropical fish

Pet shop receives delivery of dead man instead of tropical fish
When Mark Arabia, owner of the Pets Plus store, went out to the delivery man's vehicle to collect the $1,000 fish supply he discovered a coffin. "At first when I looked at it, I said, 'Fish never come this way'," he said. He said he eventually learned that the body inside was that of a 65-year-old man...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Evolution, Extinct Species, Science & Tech, Underwater, Wildlife on 02 27th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Scientists Find First Animal That Had Sex

Scientists Find First Animal That Had Sex
Remains of embryos entombed in their fish mothers' wombs for 380 million years have been found in fossils from an ancient rock outcrop in Western Australia. The finding is a big deal because it suggests that sex goes way back. The prehistoric fish, called placoderms, are found at the base of the vertebrate...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Evolution, Science & Tech, Underwater, Wildlife on 01 27th, 2009 | No Comments

Newly discovered catfish species climbs rocks

A previously unknown species of climbing catfish has been discovered in remote Venezuela, and its strange traits are shaking the evolutionary tree for these fish. The newfound catfish, Lithogenes wahari, shares traits with two different families of fish — Loricariidae (armored catfishes) and Astroblepidae...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Conservation, Science & Tech, Underwater, Wildlife on 01 17th, 2009 | No Comments

A Class Runs Through It: UA Professor Teaches About the Environment Through Course on Fly Fishing

Studying and writing aren’t enough to make the grade in Dr. Michael Steinberg’s Spring 2009 course in The University of Alabama’s New College. To pass this class, you first must catch the bass – or trout. Students will have to get in a river and catch a fish on a fly. The class, called “The...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Underwater on 01 13th, 2009 | 2 Comments

PETA’s campaign to rename fish ’sea kittens’

A campaign to rename fish as "sea kittens" in order to improve their image has been ridiculed by the Federal Opposition. Outspoken animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is using the "sea kitten" name as part of its push to restrict fishing. "Nobody would hurt a...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Science & Tech, Underwater on 11 11th, 2008 | No Comments

Historic Census Of Marine Life Reveals Common Ancestor of Deep-Sea Octopus

The 2,000-strong community of Census of Marine Life scientists from 82 nations has announced astonishing examples of recent new finds from the world’s ocean depths. Mollusk expert Patricia Miloslavich (Venezuela), Census co-senior scientist: “We are beginning to pull together a picture and clarify...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Cats, Culture, Food, Mammals, Sport, Underwater on 11 4th, 2008 | No Comments

Save the sea kittens?

When you take a look at this photograph, what do you see? It’s a stupid question, but while most of us are quick to respond with: “it’s a fish, obviously” it seems that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals would give you quite a different answer. They would tell you that this slimy little...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Food, Sport, Uncategorized, Underwater on 10 27th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Do you think fishing hurts fish? Does it even matter?

I won't say I'm anti-sport-fishing, and I'm definitely not anti-food-fishing (as long as it's environmentally sustainable), but I do feel uneasy when I hear people say fish don't feel pain. I've heard the argument that fish have fewer pain receptors around their mouths, which, if true, may fully disqualify...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Pets, Underwater on 10 21st, 2008 | No Comments

Dead goldfish offered the vote in Illinois

The only "agent of change" Princess ever supported was the person who freshened the water in her fishbowl. So election officials in Chicago's northern suburbs want to know why voter registration material was sent to the dead goldfish. "I am just stunned at the level of people compromising the integrity...
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Posted by Tyler Quattlebaum in Conservation, Science & Tech, Underwater on 10 12th, 2008 | 1 Comment

‘Virgin Birth’ By Shark Confirmed: Second Case Ever

Scientists have confirmed the second-ever case of a “virgin birth” in a shark, indicating once again that female sharks can reproduce without mating and raising the possibility that many female sharks have this incredible capacity. Lead author Dr. Demian Chapman, shark scientist with the Institute...
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