Fish Body To Flop

August 28, 2007

08/25/2007

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Today I discovered an area of the fish brain that will cause the corresponding fish body to flop when pinched with forceps. It was an accidental and somewhat surprising discovery. I was cutting into a brain case, harvesting an otolith, when I accidentally pinched this part. The dead fish jumped out of my hand! You should have seen my face. It was a scary moment…akin to the time when I thought that a fish was trying to bite my finger off. Can’t trust the oily little beasts…

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One Response to “Fish Body To Flop”

  1. Kathryn said

    EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

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