Re: NANFA-- RE: Fish I saw in Hawaii

Prizma_at_aol.com
Thu, 23 May 2002 18:55:38 EDT

In a message dated 5/16/02 4:46:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
mbesser1_at_bigred.unl.edu writes:

> > Hawaii has 5 species of FW gobies. One is able to climb waterfalls. All
> > are in trouble from habitat loss.
>
> Jay (and all) -
>
> One of my friends has done some research on Hawaiian streams over the past
> few years. The American Museum of Natural History has a short video clip
> of
> the goby that you speak of (Sicyopterus stimpsoni) climbing a glass plate.
> See the following link...
>
> http://www.amnh.org/naturalhistory/media/0501_media.html
>

hey... that clip actually played on my system. i did a zoom and could see the
gobies little suitcase. imagine that little fella climbing over a hundred
feet. god's amazing creations.
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