Amun-Ra, lol. But oh my god, that thing damn near put the fear of god into me! that is...i am terrified, quite literally bone-shakingly terrified, of something on a tiny computer screen. I never, ever want to see that again.
April 08, 2008
Anonymous said...
Yup, Goliath Grouper, previously known as a Jewfish. They can be 600lbs and are pretty lazy. I poked one in the forehead for a while before it even bothered to turn around.
arcsine, what inspired you to poke it in the head for a while? Are you an older brother?
April 10, 2008
Anonymous said...
It's Theodore Erasmus Tannor. I went to school with him. And he has a Hebrew accent, not Sicilian.
February 27, 2009
Anybody know what kind of fish this is? He's obviously a popular fish, given the following of hundreds of lesser fish swarming about him, and the human paparazzi. A grouper maybe (with his little groupies)? He probably speaks in a husky Sicilian accent and wields tremendous power in the oceanic underworld.
Let me know, you ichthyologists. I offer a $1M prize to the person who identifies him.
UPDATE: Ian and Jim have identified the species. The fish below is a Goliath Grouper. However, no one has identified the individual fish's name (Frank, Harry, Leroy, Amun-Ra, Habakkuk...). So the $1M remains unclaimed.
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Close this window Jump to comment formI think it's a Dusky Grouper (Epinephelus marginatus), which lives in the Mediterranean sea.
April 08, 2008
Goliath Grouper
April 08, 2008
this looks like it's the source of the photo and they say it's a Goliath Grouper:
http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/natures_best_2007/gallery/photographerandgoliathgrouper.html
April 08, 2008
I don't think those small fish like him very much - probably just trying to stay away from the mouth.
April 08, 2008
It´s a giant grouper.
The small fish are pretty clever that they swim behind his head, hehe.
April 08, 2008
His name is George he says...George the Giant Grouper.
Please send my one million in silver based coins only..no paper please.
thanks :P
April 08, 2008
Winston, is that you?
(Note my icon!)
April 08, 2008
Amun-Ra, lol. But oh my god, that thing damn near put the fear of god into me! that is...i am terrified, quite literally bone-shakingly terrified, of something on a tiny computer screen. I never, ever want to see that again.
April 08, 2008
Yup, Goliath Grouper, previously known as a Jewfish. They can be 600lbs and are pretty lazy. I poked one in the forehead for a while before it even bothered to turn around.
April 09, 2008
arcsine, what inspired you to poke it in the head for a while? Are you an older brother?
April 10, 2008
It's Theodore Erasmus Tannor. I went to school with him. And he has a Hebrew accent, not Sicilian.
February 27, 2009