FC you have even us old folks doing homework. I am looking up rabbitfish even as I type. Hmmmm okay, I found a similar fish on http://fins.actwin.com/species/index.php?t=9&i=516 Is that what that pretty critter is? And next question, what is he nuzzling there?
May I echo ThreeCollie's questions and add that it looks like he's investigating one of those little hot dogs that are rolled up in a crescent roll and baked. LOL
Did you buy an underwater camera?
No pictures from me today. I wrote about bees instead. (grumble).
I'll be back to see the answer to the questions above!
ThreeCollie, Well, there IS a rabbitfish, but this is a fish called a sheepshead. The fish is nibbling a carrot that a manatee dropped.
Laura, Now a Florida lass like yourself should recognize a sheepshead ... although you wouldn't expect it to be eating a carrot. This was at Homosassa, they had just finished feeding the manatees and the local fish have develeloped a taste for carrots.
Rick, That is good news ... maybe he'll double your inheritance.
Mrs. S, A clear freshwater river that flows a short distance to the Gulf. Fish that can adjust will swim up from the Gulf and this saltwater sheepshead has done just that.
FC you have even us old folks doing homework.
ReplyDeleteI am looking up rabbitfish even as I type. Hmmmm okay, I found a similar fish on http://fins.actwin.com/species/index.php?t=9&i=516
Is that what that pretty critter is?
And next question, what is he nuzzling there?
May I echo ThreeCollie's questions and add that it looks like he's investigating one of those little hot dogs that are rolled up in a crescent roll and baked. LOL
ReplyDeleteDid you buy an underwater camera?
No pictures from me today. I wrote about bees instead. (grumble).
I'll be back to see the answer to the questions above!
Uncle richard is good he had a stint put in last week. He is in the air now, on the way to Vegas to spend my inheritance
ReplyDeleteThreeCollie,
ReplyDeleteWell, there IS a rabbitfish, but this is a fish called a sheepshead. The fish is nibbling a carrot that a manatee dropped.
Laura,
Now a Florida lass like yourself should recognize a sheepshead ... although you wouldn't expect it to be eating a carrot. This was at Homosassa, they had just finished feeding the manatees and the local fish have develeloped a taste for carrots.
Rick,
That is good news ... maybe he'll double your inheritance.
I've always prefered my carrots with a little salt, personally... is that a clear-water river or a salt-water one?
ReplyDeleteMrs. S,
ReplyDeleteA clear freshwater river that flows a short distance to the Gulf. Fish that can adjust will swim up from the Gulf and this saltwater sheepshead has done just that.
Oh! a sheepshead! that was my "second" guess! ;)
ReplyDeleteDid you get a photo of the manatee, or did it swim by too fast? ;)
(kidding...)