OT: First warm blooded fish identified.
Scientists have discovered that the opah, a deep water fish, is warm blooded. First one ever.
I like this. Because I'm a nerd.
Why do they insist this is the first? It's already been reported that the blue fin tuna is "warm blooded". Not to mention some sharks, but they aren't fish.
Nevermind. Clicked link and read "Other fish like tuna can warm specific body parts, boosting performance at key times, but whole-body "endothermy" has not been observed in a fish before." Touché Internet.
Sharks are most definitely fish, and some species can warm their bodies up to 30 degrees warmer than the water temp...
Sharks are just cartiligenous fish (Chondrichthyes) rather than boney fish (Osteicthyes) like ... well ... most fish (anything that is not a shark, skate, ray, or the like). Apologies for if I did not spell those fish classes correctly - I'm drawing off of h.s. biology here.
I also remember that the bottom scales on snakes are called "scutes". After that, I'm pretty much dry.
sounds like you had a head start on the rest of us.
i always thought porpoise were warm blooded also?
When I was younger I used to study lemon sharks in the Bahamas.
Nerd life.
Oh...
....this is one of the best tasting fish out there. Also has some of the most striking coloration for a game fish.
Where did you find that last picture?
I think I have been on that boat before because those guys look familiar. It is either the Western Pride or Freelance.
It's the Western Pride.
"For anyone that has never tasted opah... "
I can't even imagine tasting Opah, however Tom Cruise seems quite excited about the prospect...
On the other hand I loves me some Opa!
Here we are Marv, the land of opportunity. Do you smell that?
Opah is delicious.
Last season on a long range trip out of San Diego, someone caught a 50lber. It was really annoying because he fought the fish for 30 min while the school of giant blue fin we were chasing kept on moving.
Opah has 3 different kinds of meat. The belly meat looks like it came from a cow and not a fish.
I wondered if it was tasty. Now I know.
I don't get it...people have been eating this fish for awhile but just now realized it's warm-blooded?
Pretty cool story either way.
I misread that and honestly thought they called that fish the "Oprah"...
The fish is rather rotund.
/Is Oprah still fat?
I don't think so.
Cartiligenous.
I've seen Oprah in her underwear.
Did it burn your retinas?
Michael Phelps?
Cold-blooded
THC blooded
Is green.
Dantonio, who obviously is a coldblooded invertebrate. But Meyer? Obvious fishiness is obvious.
I will add to the chorus saying opah is delicious. Other than that, I have no real opinion on the discovery.
I always assumed MGoFIsh was warm blooded.
I guess I was wrong.
I think the real question on everyone's mind today is what style of shorts at MDen that young man from earlier ended up going with?
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Little in an abstract sense I guess.
It's a cool discovery; we have a family friend who studies large fish like tuna at Woods Hole. You forget how big these things can get.
Opaaaaa!! ver. 2
..... Okay
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Rick James is "COLD BLOODED!!!"
Cocaine's a helluva drug.
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F yo couch
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So... you ... don't want a fish sandwich.
Bigfoot is next to be found.