Venomous Lionfish of Mayakoba — the Lady Gaga of the sea

9 responses to “Venomous Lionfish of Mayakoba — the Lady Gaga of the sea”

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   BillS49

   Dec 2, 2013 at 6:40 am

   Fascinating critters, very interesting in an aquarium but unfortunately they have been released into the Gull of Mexico by idiots and are causing significant problems – but they are reportedly quite tasty. It may be that commercial fishing will keep their population. within reasonable limits. The sting is quite painful but rarely if ever fatal.

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   Dabbler

   Dec 2, 2013 at 7:35 am

   Nice shot.. keep your distance! The invasive lionfish has no natural predators in the Atlantic. It is consuming reef fish so successfully that in a shirt time reef habitats will collapse. It is a frightening prospect.
   guardianlv.com/2013/10/lionfish-invasion-could-become-atl…

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   BWJones

   Dec 2, 2013 at 2:03 pm

   They should not be in the Caribbean. Last trip down there, we were being offered bounties on any lion fish we could catch or report to rangers.

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   bike-R

   Dec 2, 2013 at 8:17 pm

   is there a MADONNA-fish too?

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   jurvetson

   Dec 2, 2013 at 9:51 pm

   [http://www.flickr.com/photos/63152855@N03] — Oh, ye of little faith… 😉 http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/raphael/the-madonna-of-the-fish-...

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   jurvetson

   Dec 2, 2013 at 9:53 pm

   I prefer the FSM fish myself: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/4238742481

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   bike-R

   Dec 3, 2013 at 3:03 pm

   Cindi Laupner? Cher? Katy Perry? and of course the magnificent BABS STREISAND??? I see a theme here .fish=artists!

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   aeroculus

   Dec 5, 2013 at 6:03 pm

   Looks like we nearly crossed paths this Thanksgiving [http://www.flickr.com/photos/28739815@N00/11205795333/]

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   jurvetson

   Dec 5, 2013 at 11:19 pm

   [http://www.flickr.com/photos/28739815@N00] – yes! And I was standing at that very spot five days prior. I have not edited those photos yet.

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