Re: NANFA-- Klamath sucker --> Rio Grande minnow

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Sat, 14 Jul 2001 09:51:23 -0400

Until the Florida DNR wiped them out, there were some Cichlasoma salvinia in
the drainage ditch in back of the K-Mart parking lot in Deerfield Beach.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Scharpf" <ichthos_at_charm.net>
To: "NANFA e-mail list" <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Klamath sucker --> Rio Grande minnow

> > Chris, I'm impressed you can sit through Rush, the mouth that's a mile
wide
> > and an inch deep.
>
> Bruce,
>
> I'd much rather you be impressed with me for other things. I seldom listen
> to Rush. I put the radio on today to catch the news. Caught the last 5
> minutes of his show before the top of the hour. When I heard him utter the
> words "sucker fish" with utter contempt, my ears perked up. Cool! Native
> fish on the radio. He said the "sucker fish" should learn to adapt. His
> Rushian logic was priceless: Enviromentalist whackos said that the spotted
> owl needs a certain kind of tree or it will die. But boy oh boy were they
> wrong, since, according to Rush, a spotted owl was apparently seen nesting
> in or on a K-Mart sign some where. Therefore, the enviromentalist whackos
> must also be wrong when they say that the "sucker fish" needs water or
they
> will die.
>
> You're a professional biologist, Bruce. Answer me this: Do fish *really*
> need water? Or can they live on a K-Mart parking lot?
>
> Chris
>
>
>
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