#FishFriday:
Plate with Emblematic Pairs of #Fish (mahi-ye maratib)
India, Uttar Pradesh, Awadh, Lucknow, c. 1880
Bidri-ware (zarbuland technique)
D: 6 3/4 in. (17.15 cm); H: 1/2 in. (1.27 cm)
LACMA M.2001.100: https://collections.lacma.org/node/203887
“Known as the mahi-ye maratib (Fish of Dignity), it was an insignia of exalted rank that the Mughal emperors & earlier Middle Eastern rulers bestowed upon their subordinate chieftains in recognition of valorous military service.”
Hey, here's something fishy. I'd like to get more fish into my diet. Tilapia is out so what else is out there? How do I cook it? Cod had worms so I def want something with those. I love salmon but I want to try other types. Tips would be very much appreciated. Thanks!
Australia's Great Barrier Reef hit by record bleaching
> Australia's spectacular Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst #bleaching event on record, the country's reef authority reported on Wednesday (Apr 17).
"IT’S past time to tell the truth about the state of the world’s #CoralReefs, the nurseries of tropical coastal #fish stocks. They have become #ZombieEcosystems, neither dead nor truly alive in any functional sense, and 👉on a trajectory to collapse within a human generation.👈 There will be remnants here and there, but the global coral reef ecosystem.."
Volume 3 is LIVE! Visions And Voice Of The Sea is a beautiful collection of beach and ocean artwork with poetry and haiku. Perfect gift idea! Or spoil yourself...You are worth it! 🙂
#AfricanArt#oilpainting
Painting of the Day. Fishes III
> > https://www.artcameroon.com/fishes-3-blue-painting/
In this oil-painted sea of dreams @anguwalters has woven a tapestry of surreal #fish.
*This painting is imbued with authentic African Juju so you are guaranteed to catch more fish. #fishing
80 cm / 31 in width
60 cm / 23 in height
$900 original / Satisfaction guaranteed
“The team found that a school of #fish moving together in just the right way was stunningly effective at #noise reduction: A school of seven fish sounded like a single fish.
“The single biggest key to #sound reduction, the team found, was the synchronization of the school’s tail flapping—or actually the lack thereof.
If #fish moved in unison, flapping their tail fins at the same time, the sound added up and there was no reduction in total sound. But if they alternated tail flaps, the fish canceled out each other’s sound, the researchers found.” #Science
An underwater mystery that once puzzled experts was the discovery of strange drawings in the sand with found on the seabed off Japan. After a decade they found their origin & why they suddenly appeared and disappeared until they finally managed to discover it. The author of these amazing formations, almost 2 meters wide, was a newly discovered species of puffer fish measuring no more than 12 centimeters. Subsequent studies determined that they were ornate circles to attract mating partners #fish
TIL that coelacanths (those supposedly extinct fish that were found to be still around) can grow up to SIX AND A HALF FRIGGIN' FEET LONG and weigh up to 200 LBS!
That's not a fish-- that's the whole seafood section!
I love that grumpy #squid on a Greek #fish plate from Apulia, dating 330-300 BC. Fish plates were decorated with various examples of seafood. They were invented in Athens in the 5th c. BC. Most of them are found in Southern Italy, where they were produced in the 4th c. BC.
We finally got another break in the weather and jumped on it. Surface conditions were great with small waves and comfortable air temperatures, but once we got down, viz was just OK and there was significant surge. Maybe the weather is going to turn soon? Maybe? Please?
Unintended release of Chinook into a river in Oregon, due to a traffic accident. (minor injuries to the driver, and not all the Chinook made it into the river... but the ones that did should survive).
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife: "On March 29 near Lookingglass Hatchery in northeast Oregon, a fish tanker truck was involved in an accident while transporting approximately 102,000 spring Chinook smolts for release in the Imnaha River.... The accident occurred alongside Lookingglass Creek, a tributary of the Grande Ronde River. About 77,000 smolts made it into the creek when the tanker overturned"