You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

The world’s rarest species of whale is the Spade-Toothed Beaked Whale

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One of the most expensive fish in the world is the Golden Tigerfish, which is native to the coast of China. One recently was sold for the equivalent of $75,000 US Dollars.

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The Blobfish is considered to be the ugliest fish in the world and is also in great danger of extinction.

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You don’t have to go to Russia to get excellent caviar. The Paddlefish, which is most commonly found in the lakes and rivers of Oklahoma, produces roe that is on par with some of the best tasting caviar Russia has to offer, at a fraction of the price.

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The Mandarinfish is arguably the most colorful and beautiful fish in the world.

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Sharks are the only fish that have eyelids

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Anableps, four-eyed fish, can see above and below water at the same time.

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Scallops are one of the cleanest shellfish available. The abductor muscle is not used to filter water, so scallops are not susceptible to toxins or contaminants they way that clams, oysters and mussels are.

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It's a myth that all sharks have to swim all the time or else they drown. This comes from the fact that sharks don't have a swim bladder which means if they stop swimming they will sink. Shown are a group of nurse sharks resting on the bottom of a shallow coral reef. They can stay there for hours at a time.The ocean current is enough to force water into their gills.

For deep water sharks it's different. They do have to swim all the time, even when sleeping to avoid sinking.

[Lee Stewart]

Lungfish can live without water for several days. It can survive on land because it has both gills and a lung. It takes in air with its lung through a tube (called breathing tube) that leads to the surface.