pricklies

[Llew]

Some of you are right....

pricklies are the "townie" word for the three-spined stickleback,
a small, scavenging fish common in 99% of ponds and lakes in
Newfoundland. Gasterosteidae is the family name. We also have the
4 spined, 5 spined and 9 spined sticklebacks, but they are more rare.

In Newfoundland they are also called bannies, bannystickles, pinfish,
thornbacks, minnows, prick-a-pracks, baby trout (trout and salmon are
ONLY born in shallow fast moving streams) and a dozen other names as
well.
Every community probably has it's own name for these fish.

Ecologically, these fishes are scavengers who feed on organic detritus
and small invertebrates. They are a common food for belted kingfishers
as well as trout and
dragonfly nymphs (aquatic stage of dragonflies). The spines are supposed
to protect them from predators, but.... doesn't always work.

Kids love to catch em and play with them along ponds and streams.

Hope that this clarifies things.

Llewellyn Thomas
Environmental Educator/Webmaster
The Fluvarium
http://www.fluvarium.nf.net/
fluv...@thezone.net

[Tim Marshall]

Yes, thanks very much, Llew

Now, if we could get someone from MUN to go have a look at the big furry
thing that's washed ashore and confirm it's a basking shark or whatever!
(hint, hint)

[Nadine Wells]

Did anyone get a picture of that thing? I'd love to see it.

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[D Sharpe]

Here's a picture right here, judge for yourself, looks pretty weird to me,
odd how it turned out to be a "rare endangered" whale and they just happened
to collect its remains for study.
http://www.thetelegram.com/storyimages/ns1aug1.jpg
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[Wallace J.McLean]

"D Sharpe" (lumi...@hotmail.com) writes:
> Here's a picture right here, judge for yourself, looks pretty weird to me,
> odd how it turned out to be a "rare endangered" whale and they just happened
> to collect its remains for study.

And no doubt you'll be phoning Art Bell, VOCM NightLines, or both, to
espouse your theory of what it was.

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[D Sharpe]

not at all, infact i dont really care much for it, art bell or whoever.
I dont have a theory and i dont think its worth it to even indulge it.
I've never called any of those places and dont plan to in the near future.

"Wallace J.McLean" <ag...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
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Thats an odd looking whale, decomposing or not....is it still there ? Or
have they removed it.....anyone out there in newsgroupy land actually see
this thing close up ?

[Wallace J.McLean]

"D Sharpe" (lumi...@hotmail.com) writes:
> not at all, infact i dont really care much for it, art bell or whoever.
> I dont have a theory and i dont think its worth it to even indulge it.
> I've never called any of those places and dont plan to in the near future.

Well, that's a waste of a good conspiracy.

You seem to have lots of ideas of what it isn't. Why the skepticism?

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[D Sharpe]

I didnt see it upclose but i agree it is odd looking. It was removed by
scientists for study purposes.
But i'll not get into that because the last time i mentioned it i was
practically made out to be a conspiracy theorist.

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