more Marine Life Trivia ;-) C.N. listen up!
captk...@webtv.net
_what vertibrate has the fastest muscle?_
Remember a while back:
>Subject:Re: Off topic-Sociology
>experimentDate:1999/05/02Author:Capt. Neal®
>Hey, I have a sailing question (of sorts). I was
>anchored the
>other night in a little cove after a fine afternoon
>sailing
>and when I retired to the v-berth for the night, I
>heard what
>sounded like an owl. The sound was coming
>from under the boat
>from the outside. It was like a "Who whooo
>who" and there was a bit of a popping sound
>to start if off. It must be some
>sort of fish or crustacean. Have you guys or
>anybody else
>heard this sound? I'm in the Keys, mind you
>so it is probably
>some warm water creature.
>Respectfully,
>Capt. Neal
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Captain,
I will have to do some night dives next May just to listen. .
here is a generic pic (related species).
http://ccf.arc.nasa.gov/dx/basket/storiesetc/tfish22.html
Conflicting information:
The source didn't identify the Marine Biologist whom they attributed
this quote (could be they thought they were misquoting (and possibly
they were))
" A Gulf of Mexico Toadfish species has an air bladder that actually
produces 'a powerful hooting sound. . . resembling a boat whistle',
according to one marine biologist"
(The Ocean Almanac pg 65)
the article (on the communication between fishes) continues : "Fish are
not mutes as many people think,the major reason for this erroneous
belief being that most of the sounds fish make are beyond the range of
human hearing"
Trying to verify the toadfish "air bladder" noise: I found a
non-science ref stating "toadfish do not have swim bladders"
but also found
from:
>Well Said (a unviersity of Penn publication)
>The following quotes from Penn professors
>and others appeared in publications across
>the country and around the world.
>"These toadfish are the world's ugliest fish, so
>they need the best mating call they can get.
>They sit there and essentially whistle at
>females."
>--Larry Rome, associate professor of biology,
>explaining the toadfish's use of his super-fast
>twitch muscle, the fastest known muscle in
>vertebrates (The Washington Post, Monday,
>August 12)
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"And we go, following the rhythms of the waves, Rocking our infinity on the
finite seas;" Charles Baudelaire
Katysails
captk...@webtv.net
see
Toadfish Muscles Really Move:
http://seagrant.orst.edu/plain/scripts/1196.html
Capt. Neal®
Keys in the springtime. When I first heard them years ago, I
was anchored in Big Pine Harbor. It was a full moon night
and I actually snorkeled around to try to see what was
making the sound but saw no fish. It was also very
difficult to tell which direction the sound was coming from.
Respectfully,
Capt. Neal
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Rob F.
>enjoy
>
>http://personal.ecu.edu/spraguem/fish/opstau.html
>
I've actually heard these fish before. And caught quite a few. Nasty
looking little buggers, with LOTS of teeth! oyster toads (as we called
'em, and sea robins (another wierd looking "trash" fish, that'll walk
away from you) aren't even good bait. If they were lucky, they were
still alive when tossed back into the water.
In the Chesapeake, croakers are very prevalent and make quite a racket
too! Get about 10 or fifteen of those guys in a cooler and you have a
fish concert! Now there's a noisy fish that's edible...
Rob F.
s/v Naiad
Lake Grapevine, TX
Capt. Neal®
is only repeated once. I was hearing it three or four times
in close proximity. Maybe there where several toadfish in
the process of mating??? They probably congregate around my
boat because they can hear the stereo through the hull and
think my Coronado is a giant toadfish????
Respectfully,
Capt Neal
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