Fish

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This Fish Has Teeth So Big It Bites People’s Balls Off

4:30PM January 4, 2012 | Casey Chan

Piranhas might have razor sharp teeth andthe ability to communicate but I’d rather have them feast on my body than this Pacu Fish. Why? Well, you see, the Pacu Fish has human-like teeth and loves to bite off testicles to ensure you die a slow, ball-less and bleed-full death. Ow. More »

Gadgets

How To Disembowel 30 Salmon In Under A Minute

2:00AM December 29, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

The world consumes more than 2 million metric tons of salmon annually — both farmed and wild. That’s a lot of lox. And to get that much fish to market in a timely manner, one can’t gut them by hand. That’s why there’s the Gutmaster8000. More »

News

Gun Antlers And Other Stories We Didn’t Post

11:00PM October 19, 2011 | Brian Barrett

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. More »

Science

Those Bloody Piranhas Can Talk To Each Other

7:04AM October 14, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Not only these nasty little fish are vicious, but scientists have discovered that those bloody piranhas can talk to each other. They use three sounds, each of them meaning a new different thing. More »

Science

See The Amazing Killifish Jump From Its Mud Puddle Habitat

1:53AM September 20, 2011 | Kristen Philipkoski

The killifish is a weird little critter that lives in muddy puddles that cars and trucks drive right through, and no one knows how they don’t get crushed. Some people are completely obsessed with them. More »

Science

How To Raise 1.8 Million Kilos Of Tilapia A Year

1:30AM September 20, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

The demand for seafood in America is booming, to be sure — unfortunately, the ocean’s fish stocks aren’t exactly doing the same. So how does one meet this overwhelming demand for meat? Farming fish, obviously. Lots of them. More »

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I Want This Photobombing Fish

11:00AM August 12, 2011 | Casey Chan

This looks straight out of Finding Nemo or something. A fish randomly popped up in front of the camera right as the photographer snapped the picture. I want you big mouthed, grey skinned, head tilting fish. I want to eat you too. [Reddit]

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How To Properly Throw Trout From An Aeroplane

9:10AM July 29, 2011 | Anders Halverson

At the end of World War II, a collection of US military airplanes and pilots changed the way California’s remote mountain lakes were stocked with fish. It had always been a massive ground operation, but this is a story about ingenuity, and achieving results from the air. More »

Science

Fish Are Unexpectedly Helping To Make Wind Farms More Powerful

11:40AM July 19, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Wind turbines are big on power and marvels to look at. They’re also rather inefficient. So some scientists thought about it, talked, and figured out a way to increase their power output tenfold. All by staring at fish! More »

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Watching Fish Eating At 1000fps Makes Me Hungry

6:40AM July 19, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

I just want to eat sushi at the same speed as these fish other smaller fish. Which, mind you, it’s not far from my usual speed. Nom nom. More »