Re: [GSAS-Member] Some pics from the Rio Negro/Amazon

["Clifford Miller" <clifford@clevergeek.com>]

Watching black or silver arowanas jump in the wild is definitely on my
"life top 10" list.  It's great to hear that they're still fairly common
in the wild.

I used to have one in a large tank that would jump several body lengths
(it was still medium size) out of it's tank to grab bugs or fish out of my
hand.  Those fish are tons of fun.

I like them better with heads, but I suppose one person's hobby really is
another person's dinner.  Thanks for sharing your pictures, looks like it
was an incredible trip!

Cliff


> Actually, I was surprised how many arowanas I saw in the wild.  They can
> jump really high but of course were too fast to get any pictures of.
> Trust
> me, I wanted to collect fish so badly!  The boat we were on goes to the
> more
> remote areas of the rio negro.  I could have just dipped my boot in and it
> would have filled up with tetras at one point.  It was killing me not
> being
> able to collect any.  One of the guides and I seemed to be the only fish
> people on board.  :(  He was wonderful and did point out every fish he saw
> to me.
>
>>From: matt kaufman <igotadose@hotmail.com>
>>Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member
>>chat<gsas-member@thekrib.com>
>>To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
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>>Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Some pics from the Rio Negro/Amazon
>>Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 22:51:34 +0000
>>
>>What, no collecting photos? :-) Piranha are supposedly bony. Too bad
>>they're killing and eating arowana, it's not like arowana are
>> particularly
>>abundant anywhere
>>
>> > From: Shango@shangolos.com> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com> Date: Mon, 8
>>Oct 2007 15:42:45 -0700> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Some pics from the
>> Rio
>>Negro/Amazon> > Wow...I never thought of Piranha as being food. Cool!> >
>> >
>>-----Original Message-----> From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com>
>>[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Monica H> Sent:
>>Monday, October 08, 2007 12:40 PM> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com> Subject:
>>[GSAS-Member] Some pics from the Rio Negro/Amazon> > I uploaded some of
>> my
>>pics last night:> > http://travel.webshots.com/album/560971081oqcEis> > I
>>am not quite finished, sorry, they are in order by day, not by if they
>> are>
>> > fish related. :)> > Monica> > >
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