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In other news, Catch Magazine, the incredible fishing photography magazine is back with it’s latest issue, check it out!
My buddy Oliver (Gillian’s sisters boyfriend) is a scientist and a great photographer. I don’t know exactly what he does, but its all very scientific with microscopes and big words and such. He does a lot of work with snails, and occasionally fish. He gets to work with some pretty impressive toys, including a confocal laser scanning microscope which he used to take this image of a fish brain!
See more of Oliver’s photos on flickr, including a couple more shots of fish!
Just read it.
In Ghana, West Africa, when you die, you go out in style - If you’re rich. These spectacular fantasy coffins often cost more then the average Ghanaian earns in a year.
“a fisherman may be buried in a model of his boat or, Jonah-like, in a large sculpted fish. The farmer is borne within an icon of his beloved bull, the politician powers off in his mahogany Merc, and the frequent flyer wings his way to heaven in a balsawood 747. You can have whatever you and Paa Joe think best reflects your business or takes your fancy - except powerful birds, which are reserved for royalty and prominent leaders.”
via Travel Africa
Mmmm lures.
via Eastcost Angler
The owner of this house, Bill Heine, commissioned a shark sculpture to be built on his rooftop in 1986. When reports asked why, Bill said:
He later added, “That, and sharks are bloody cool!”
“The headless sculpture, with the label “Untitled 1986″ fixed to the gate to the house, was erected on the 41st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Created by the sculptor John Buckley, it is made of fiberglass, weighs four hundredweight, and is 25 feet long.”
via Headington.org
The goliath grouper is the king of the reef, growing upwards of 1000 pounds. In this photo you can see a school of cigar minnows staying close to its side in an effort to avoid predators.
Photo by Douglas David Seifert
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