When I was in grad school at Humboldt State, one of the assignments I gave my ichthyology students was to write a haiku poem in which the only requirements were that it had to follow the 5-7-5 phrasing standard, and had to include the scientific name of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, once (and only […]
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I need help ID’ing this fish
Some friends were in Santa Cruz (CA) recently when they came across this fish laying along the shoreline. And that’s when I got a text message:“Excuse me, Dr. Webber [insert sarcastic tone here]. What kind of big-ass headless dead fish is this?”After what must now be at least several minutes of research (wink), I am […]