Soundtrack by The Flaming Lips. Very entertaining. But I don’t think watching would make anyone want to try catfish!
I've definitely had some good catfish in the US. Sourcing matters, and also probably how you prepare it. Breaded and deep fried is of course tasty, if not healthy.
Southeast Asian cuisines are generally very good at preparing catfish - they have a native variety called Basa which is very mild.
Meanwhile, in Indiana where I grew up there are restaurants that advertise their catfish, if not an outright catfish restaurant. Those are probably not fish that they just caught out of a river, though.
…which are sometimes past 50kg.
Oh, well that’s probably part of the problem. Not a catfish eater myself, but the ones people eat would almost fit on a large plate.
2) In fact, they aren't catfishes. Belong to a big family of mainly marine fishes called gobies. Totally different orders. Should be named climbing gobies.
3) They do it for the same reason as Salmons do: to reproduce in freshwater.
4) But unlike salmons they don't swim or jump. They climb the slippery rock wall like a freestyle climber, using the suction cups in their belly that gobies have (pelvic fins transformed), and their other fins and tail to propel
5) Somebody filmed those fishes climbing.
These species are "restricted to fresh water in South America" source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudopimelodidae#Distribution
Also interesting is the presence of Ancistrus and Hypostomus in the mix of climbing fishes. Many people keeping aquariums breed this fishes at home. The first can lay eggs and care for the fry, the second is very difficult to breed.
There is an ambiguity allowing for a different parse, interpreting "the barn fell" as a fell associated with the barn: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fell#Etymology_3
But that one isn't intended.
For this one I'd suggest:
Scoop: catfish waterfall scaling climb film
The word "catfish" can be singular or plural. I read it as "A catfish was filmed...". But there sure are a lot of those little fish.
Being fish, this sounds like convergent evolution. (Vs. learned behaviors.)
And this is a good environment in which evolution could progressively improve rock-holding and climbing ability.
For science.org I want something a bit more nature-documentary e.g. a thoughtful classical/ambient soundscape with David Attenborough gentle tones "And here we see...". If seeking to amuse me then go for it e.g. Ride of Valkeries/Rohirrim.
Presumably they mean negatively pressurized?
>At this stage they stop eating, which is probably a good thing as their anus shrinks to prevent water loss.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-01-09/eels-australi...
neom•5mo ago
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394405635_Bumblebee...
RajT88•5mo ago
ETA: I have it backwards, it's gobies:
https://youtu.be/QYMMf18hZCs
Also Cavefish:
https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/25/11303774/walking-fish-tha...
And yes - as people point out, sea lampreys can do this with their sucky mouths. With with the variety of small fish with sucky mouths, probably there's even more who have learned this trick.
Nature is amazing.