Dr. Mercola January 26 2008 94,046 views
Some of these fish are rare, others are near extinction, but they all have the look of something from another world!
1. Goliath Tigerfish2. Frilled Shark3. Blob Fish or Blob Sculpin4. Wolf Fish5. Rattail6. Lamprey7. Basking Shark8. Goblin Shark9. We Don’t Know!10. Grenadier
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Uncle Russ you make me laugh!!
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Makes me laugh indeed!! That was a joke right?
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This concerns the post picture comments. Let me preface my response by saying that I am an organic farmer, and winters I work for a local "fish farmer". To make a group characterization of farmed fish as "nasty" is unfortunate and uneducated. There are GOOD fish farms just as there are BAD organic farms. A title does not indicate the nature of the end product. The fish farm I work on tests for PCB's, lead and mercury (among other toxins). These fish are lower in contaminents (proven through testing) than the natural fish living beside them and commercially harvested. The diet is NOT animal *** but has been specifically designed by the aquaculturalist and is privately formulated for him. The water surrounding the cages is tested at an unbelievably high frequency and is always well above government standards. In fact, it is healthier, as we live in an area being decimated by zebra mussels and the area around the fish cages is teeming with life due to the fact that it is one of the few areas the mussels have not filtered into sterility.
So please remember, do not cast aspersions on groups... do your homework and target the problems directly. Then laud those who are making an effort to do it "right". Thank you.
Where can I get some of your fish? I live in Rockford, IL
Im afraid we operate in Northern Ontario so our product may be difficult to locate. I would recommend finding a local fish farm and arrange to visit. If they have nothing to hide, you will be welcome. My (uncertified) organic farm has an "open door" policy as our product speaks for itself. The fish farm where I work also invites curious visitors to come in and ask questions. Our entire food production system is suspect and only consumer interest/demand will force changes. Good luck.
The farmed fish you're writing about don't eat what wild fish eat..
(plants)They probably eat some kind of grain. Fungus grows on grain
that's been kept in silos. And it's been proven that grain fed fish
don't give people the omega 3 fatty acids they would get from wild
fish. Also, where are the lobsters that eat the waste products of
those farm raised fish? They're in the ocean...not fish farms! We
are what THEY eat. And we need them to eat what GOD provided for
them to eat!! Just like we need cattle to eat GRASS!! (not grain)
This is like opening up a whole can of worms... there's that bait someone mentioned. Anyway, the comment about "what wild fish eat" is interesting. The end result of what wild fish eat is a phenomenon known as bioaccumulation. Simply put, wild fish eat smaller fish (not plants, except for a few notables... carp for one)and in the process they accumulate all of the toxins the small fish have eaten. This goes on until the wild fish are big enough for commercial fishermen. By this point MANY wild fish are not safe for human consumption. The farm raised fish I mention are fed a specially formulated diet and are tested regularly to be free of the aforementioned toxins. Also, I disagrre with the statement about the omega 3 fatty acids as the studies that I have read show cage cultured fish to be quite nutritious in this regard. If you can cite specific studies I'd be very interested to read them.
As for the life beneath and around the fish farms, we scuba dive our cages regularly and it is one of the most biodiverse regions of our entire area. There are always plenty of native species living quite successfully alongside our trout cages.
And YES, we are what we eat. This is why I advocate developing a personal relationship with your food producers. Go to farmers' markets. Visit farms. Visit fish farms. Don't assume that just because you read something, it is true. We live in an age of misinformation. Put a face on your food and become educated about where it comes from.
That's really nice of you, DizzyIzzy! I think #9 is an angler fish rather than John McCain (I could be wrong), because they are all floppy like that when taken out of the water. I was surrounded recently by six reef sharks, but they were not particularly interested in me. I got away in as leisurely a fashion as I could manage, but will always look back on that as an experience of a lifetime. They are endearing creatures.
Nice :)