We don't know why priapiumfish evolved their peculiar gonads

The male fish, a Phallostethus cuulong just 2 centimetres long, weaves between drifting vegetation in the sluggish waters of a canal. He closes in on a female, swims alongside her and tries to mate with her.

But to an outside observer, he seems to be doing it wrong. His head is right next to the female's, but he's at a 45-degree angle so his rear end is well below hers. Sounds misguided, but actually he's doing it exactly right – it's just that his gonads are on his head.

LINK (via: New Scientist)

Fisherman loses arm to tarpon.....

......found later still hooked to fish!

Fish Tales

Great white devours hooked blue shark next to fishing boat 200 meters off Bondi beach in Australia, footage starts at 30 second mark.

Juan Duran may have set the new world record for the largest snakehead ever caught.

Hunt for snakehead fish lurking in Vancouver's Burnaby park.

Recreational swimmers have supposedly killed fish by peeing in Eichbaum Lake, making fishermen really (get ready) pissed off.

Dicing Death - The fish more poisonous than cyanide

The Japanese delicacy of fugu, or blowfish, is so poisonous that for decades chefs in Tokyo who prepare it have been strictly licensed.

Getting a licence takes at least two years of training followed by a tough test which a third of applicants fail.

But now the city government is planning to ease the restrictions, allowing any restaurant to serve fugu, as long as they buy it from suppliers with the venomous parts removed.

Experienced fugu chef Kunio Miura shows how he prepares the blowfish and why he is worried about the change in rules.

Fish Tales

Man catches fish with duck beak.

Video shows 40 pound Barracuda jumping into boat.

Ketchup used to be made of fish.

"I'm rubbing its lip and I'm like, 'Oh my God, this is amazing!'

And we're not talking about A-Rod

I'm looking into its eyes, we're having this whole moment and all of a sudden it (inhaled) and I go (flying inside)... The only thing that stopped me was literally my neck.

LINK (via: Buzz Feed)