Comments on: Nature kids discover huge fish lying dead on river bank https://ourpermaculturelife.com/nature-kids-discover-huge-fish-lying-dead-on-river-bank/ Dive into a vast collection of free permaculture resources to help you get your permaculture life and edible gardens thriving with global permaculture educator & ambassador, Morag Gamble. Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:02:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: RobynLouise https://ourpermaculturelife.com/nature-kids-discover-huge-fish-lying-dead-on-river-bank/#comment-234 Tue, 16 May 2017 01:05:56 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2017/05/15/nature-kids-discover-huge-fish-lying-dead-on-river-bank/#comment-234 Wonderful opportunity to view one of these as they dislike open water areas. Shame it is deceased but considering it's possible age there is a good possibility the waters contain its descendants :).

]]> By: Morag Gamble : Our Permaculture Life https://ourpermaculturelife.com/nature-kids-discover-huge-fish-lying-dead-on-river-bank/#comment-229 Mon, 15 May 2017 22:11:10 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2017/05/15/nature-kids-discover-huge-fish-lying-dead-on-river-bank/#comment-229 Yes, thank you very much Jim – please see the corrections above.

]]> By: Jim Tait https://ourpermaculturelife.com/nature-kids-discover-huge-fish-lying-dead-on-river-bank/#comment-231 Mon, 15 May 2017 22:10:18 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2017/05/15/nature-kids-discover-huge-fish-lying-dead-on-river-bank/#comment-231 It has no scales, vomerine teeth and short barbles on its lower jaw it is a Marbled Eel Anguilla reinhardtii

]]> By: Morag Gamble : Our Permaculture Life https://ourpermaculturelife.com/nature-kids-discover-huge-fish-lying-dead-on-river-bank/#comment-230 Mon, 15 May 2017 17:42:41 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2017/05/15/nature-kids-discover-huge-fish-lying-dead-on-river-bank/#comment-230 We'll it seems it could be a very large eel – Marbled Eel Anguilla reinhardtii according to Jim. The children's learning journey – and ours along with them – continues. Jim suggested this site to identify it. Many thanks!

http://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/1426

]]> By: Morag Gamble : Our Permaculture Life https://ourpermaculturelife.com/nature-kids-discover-huge-fish-lying-dead-on-river-bank/#comment-232 Mon, 15 May 2017 15:09:19 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2017/05/15/nature-kids-discover-huge-fish-lying-dead-on-river-bank/#comment-232 We got pictures of the flipper like pelvic fins too – amazing! I'll try to upload those too.

]]> By: Jim Tait https://ourpermaculturelife.com/nature-kids-discover-huge-fish-lying-dead-on-river-bank/#comment-233 Mon, 15 May 2017 15:05:48 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2017/05/15/nature-kids-discover-huge-fish-lying-dead-on-river-bank/#comment-233 That is not a lungfish, it is a large eel, Lungfish have fleshy and flipper like pelvic fins – which is why they are part of the evolutionary line toward quadrupedal animals

]]> By: Meg Hopeful https://ourpermaculturelife.com/nature-kids-discover-huge-fish-lying-dead-on-river-bank/#comment-235 Mon, 15 May 2017 12:12:47 +0000 https://ourpermaculturelife.com/index.php/2017/05/15/nature-kids-discover-huge-fish-lying-dead-on-river-bank/#comment-235 What a rich and meaningful opportunity for your children, Morag. How interesting to find one of these amazing fish and to wonder what has happened to it. Meg

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