Re: NANFA-- "damnbusia!"

Henry Deford (hdeford_at_home.com)
Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:09:17 -0400

Hahaha very funny. I happen to like Gambusia and Chris knows about it. Chris
was like "What! you like damnbusia?". Well I can certainly understand why
most people don't like them. I realize that they are very nasty and sorta
ugly.

I have been having troulbe where when ever I try to send a message to NANFA
that I create it doesn't let me. Well I have been looking for some Longeared
Sunfish. Does anyone know where in MD or VA I can go collecting for these
guys??

Have a nice day,

Henry Deford
Owings Mills, MD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Scharpf" <ichthos_at_charm.net>
To: "NANFA Mailing List" <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 4:36 PM
Subject: NANFA-- "damnbusia!"

> Just got this note from Peter Unmack...
>
>
> Damnbusia [a demeaning version of the name Gambusia, used to describe
exotic
> populations of the native-eating mosquitofish] has finally made it to the
big
> time! The journal Science (vol 285, 17 Sept, 1999) actually used the term
in a
> series of articles on biological invasions (although they spelt it
damnboosia).
>
>
>
>
> Christopher Scharpf
> Baltimore
>
> "The secret of life is to have a task....And the most important thing
is -- it
> must be something you cannot possibly do!"
> Henry Moore, sculptor
>
>
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