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Category Archives: Fish

The Longfinned Eel (Anguilla reinhardtii) and the Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)

November 19, 2008 – 11:03 pm

A GIANT ROGUE EEL has moved into a Queensland swimming hole and is sensibly biting everyone who wanders past. Go eel.
There is not much more to tell, people who get in the water with the LURKING eel are finding themselves being bitten whereas people who do not get in the water remain suspiciously free of eel [...]

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Potato Cod (Epinephelus tukula)

October 26, 2008 – 9:20 pm

So what is it like to be on the telly?
Weird.
My recent appearance on Talking Pictures (ABC1) with the erudite and devil-may-care Mike Bowers was fun but decidedly odd. And annoying since they cut out all my good lines! Like the one about Julie Bishop either being a bunny rabbit or a Zombie Queen, and about [...]

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