Fact Or Fiction

[lilfishie]

Fact or Fiction. Fish chew there food?

 

[-germ-]

Fact.

 

[demonmagus]

Interesting, did they live long afterwards?
Fact of fiction;
The only vertebrate parasite known to feed on people is actually from the cyprinid family?

from wikipedia 'It is feared by the natives because it is attracted to urine,[3] and if the bather is nude it will swim into an orifice (the vagina and even the penis—and deep into the urethra) and because of spines protruding from the fish, it is almost impossible to remove except through surgery.[4] The fish locates its host by following a water flow to its source and thus urinating while bathing increases the chance of a candirú homing in on a human urethra. Natives have also been known to bathe facing the current, as doing so would decrease the chances of the organism lodging itself in the rectum.[citation needed] Other orifices such as the penis or vagina are covered up with the use of hands.'


lovely

 

[lilfishie]

its actually fiction, if they did chew there food they would suffercate, fish with teeth grid there food, if they chewed it, it would cover there gills causing htem to suffercate. Someone else can go now

 

[lilfishie]

well no one else has gone so heres a nice easy one...
Fact or Fiction.
Betta fish possess the labyrinth organ. This special organ is located just behind the head and it is a small chamber with many folds covered in tissue with many blood vessels that allow it to breath atmospheric air?

 

[screamingdonkey]

well no one else has gone so heres a nice easy one...
Fact or Fiction.
Betta fish possess the labyrinth organ

Fact - it develops in the first 3-4 weeks after birth.

Fact or fiction: All fish have tongues

 

[lilfishie]

Fiction, most do but some don't

 

[Gill]

the oldest koi is still alive and lives under the care of monks in china
the ages range from 800+ years to 400 years

fact or fiction

 

[raptorrex]

the oldest koi is still alive and lives under the care of monks in china
the ages range from 800+ years to 400 years

fact or fiction

Fiction, the oldest recorded Koi was 125/6.
untill here death Harriet, a Galapagos Land Tortoise (Geochelone elephantus porteri), was the oldest known creature on earth @171. it is said she met Darwin!!!

Fact or Fiction?
goldfish only grow to fit the tank they are kept in.

 

[doresy]

the oldest koi is still alive and lives under the care of monks in china
the ages range from 800+ years to 400 years

fact or fiction

Fiction, the oldest recorded Koi was 125/6.
untill here death Harriet, a Galapagos Land Tortoise (Geochelone elephantus porteri), was the oldest known creature on earth @171. it is said she met Darwin!!!

Fact or Fiction?
goldfish only grow to fit the tank they are kept in.

I'd say..........fact?

 

[Gill]

Almost Fact

The World's Oldest Koi
One of the reasons that the Japanese people value an outstanding Koi is that they consider them to be living jewels. When Koi are purchased, they are looked upon as long lived creatures to be passed down from generation to generation. The story of the oldest recorded Koi is fascinating, and the information below is taken from June 1997 issue of Koi USA magazine. The full story is a transcription of a radio broadcast done by Dr. Koshihara, and first published in "Live Jewels" in 1968. It is reprinted verbatim in Koi USA, and my writing does not do justice to the event.

Hanako is the name of this Koi that lived at the base of Mt. Ontake. When Dr. Koshihara would call Hanako from across the pond, she would come to his feet to be petted on the head. Occasionally he would take her out of the pond and embrace her. This was his favorite spot at the side of the pond, and he went there often.

The pond is located deep in the mountains of the Mino Province. The waters are pure that feed this pond which is less than 20 feet across. Besides Hanako, there are five other fish that swim in this pond, and each is also old. They are 170 years, 155, 151, 141, and another 141 years old. The Koshihara family had been the village head for many generation from the time of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the house and pond had been with the family since the beginning.

Hanako died on July 17, 1977 at the age of 226 years.

 

[doresy]

Well I'll still have a go


Ceramic tubes for filters are sometimes called 'noodles'

This is because in Japan they grind down used ceramic filter media for medicines as it is considered to contain longer life giving properties

 

[OohFeeshy]

I know they can be called noodles, dunno why though.


But

The only vertebrate parasite known to feed on people is actually from the cyprinid family?

I'd debate your answer, they don't exactly feed on humans. It's more a case of there's a very slim chance that if you take a leak in a South American river one (there's only a couple of species that may be attracted) may mistake the composition of the urine for that what comes out of a fishes gill and try to get it's dinner. That's like saying that because a few people get killed by lions, lions are one of the only predators of humans. Not really true.

 

[doresy]

Interesting but not an answer to mine

 

[K.J.]

I know they can be called noodles, dunno why though.


But

The only vertebrate parasite known to feed on people is actually from the cyprinid family?

I'd debate your answer, they don't exactly feed on humans. It's more a case of there's a very slim chance that if you take a leak in a South American river one (there's only a couple of species that may be attracted) may mistake the composition of the urine for that what comes out of a fishes gill and try to get it's dinner. That's like saying that because a few people get killed by lions, lions are one of the only predators of humans. Not really true.

Oh god, I saw a documentary-ish thing about being eaten alive... it had that fish... it looked so painful