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Rippin Lips’ Scent Trail
Ask science fiction to conjure a superhero with otherworldly senses of taste and smell and the resulting futuristic freak would likely resemble a catfish. In space age intelligence and acuity, catfish are off the piscatorial charts—finned freaks of nature that beat bass, eagles and bloodhounds, combined. Indeed, their superior senses of taste, sight and certainly scent read more like science fiction than fact. “Olfactory folds" are the microscopic sensors that help fish detect ‘stuff that stinks.’ A 2-pound channel catfish has 142; a 7-pound largemouth bass, just 13. When a catfish detects certain succulent amino acid at just one part per 10...
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Ask science fiction to conjure a superhero with otherworldly senses of taste and smell and the resulting futuristic freak would likely resemble a catfish. In space age intelligence and acuity, catfish are off the piscatorial charts—finned freaks of nature that beat bass, eagles and bloodhounds, combined. Indeed, their superior senses of taste, sight and certainly scent read more like science fiction than fact. “Olfactory folds" are the microscopic sensors that help fish detect ‘stuff that stinks.’ A 2-pound channel catfish has 142; a 7-pound largemouth bass, just 13. When a catfish detects certain succulent amino acid at just one part per 10...
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Oscar Fish Species Information
| Scientific Fish Name: | Astronotus ocellatus |
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| Regions Fished: | Peru, Colombia, Brazil and French Guiana and occurs in the Amazon river basin, along the Amazonas, Içá, Negro, Solimões and Ucayali river systems, and also in the Approuague and Oyapock drainages |
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The species has an absolute requirement for vitamin C and develops health problems in its absence. |
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Oscar Fishing Forum Posts
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- Re: [migrod] Caught a cool Exotic Cichlid - I just bought a 14 gallon tank, and I wanted to get some of those, but...
- Crazy day - Caught this weird looking Oscar cichlid, and a bunch of bluegills and shellcrack...
- Peach Devil? - Peach Devil I just knew that I had caught my first "Peach Devil". But John was q...
- Re: [StanWright] Peach Devil? - I have not seen an Oscar that color but most fish will absorb the colo...
- Re: [drdarren] what fish is this - Yes, as someone said already, that is an armored catfish, and smaller specimens ...
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