Resembling a resident of a real-life Jurassic Park...
Gator gars, as the Florida locals like to call them, were a long way down the line when God handed out natural beauty...
... contrary to popular belief, these fish are not man-eaters and can only swallow relatively small chunks of flesh, which they down whole ~ usually in the form of smaller fish...
The aligator gar is North America's largest freshwater fish, growing as long as ten feet and weighing in at up to 127kg...
Named after the alligator, the gar is a true fish that survives partially by "air gulping"... they are known to survive up to two hours out of the water...
And baby gator gars are "tiny and cute"... and could easily pass relatively unnoticed in a community tropical aquarium (until they started eating the other fish!)...
HAVE A CHEERY WEEKEND, Y'ALL!
What a handsome fish.
ReplyDeletei actually have an alligator gar skull. its quite impressive! theyre so wild to see in real life too; ive seen them fishing before.
ReplyDeletewow ive never seen these guys before, weird stuff..
ReplyDeleteWe have gars here but none of this size. Gars are huge predators and a pain to catch. If gars move in while fishing it is best to pack up and leave.
ReplyDeletei love gars i have one in a 75 gallon tank with a large mouth bass and a black paranna I have to buy 100 gold fish each week to feed 3 fish but its worth it.
ReplyDeleteThose fish in a 75 gallon is way to small and a black pirahna will kill everything once its big enough. U obviously dont know anything about fish
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