Meet the Air-Breathing Fish with Poisonous Eggs
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2024
- From mudskippers to walking catfish to lungfish, air-breathing fish almost seem common! So to be a bizarre beast, you have to be extra weird, like gar are.
We want to thank Dr. Solomon David for pitching us these excellent fish and for all his help with the episode! Find out more about his work with gars on twitter: / solomonrdavid
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Late to the show but as to the "why turtle hearts?" thing: They were using isolated turtle heart -cells-. The only commercially available turtle cell line is from species T. carolina and the cells were originally isolated from the heart. So now a lot of experiments that are done in vitro on turtles use this established cell line.
This is *exactly* the kind of bonus info that drives my internet addiction.
I never noticed how weird gars are. Learning about local animals has made me realize that America has a lot more odd creatures than you’d think, it’s just that we’re used to them
Makes me mad , all the bow fishing being done for them
As a European, I find it sad that Americans can't appreciate all their cool animals, like cougars, giant salamanders, turkeys, opossums, and raccoons more.
Meanwhile, Sweden has no exotic wild animal species you wouldn't also find all over North Asia or America and the few things living in the Baltic sea are all smaller thanks to the freezing brackish water.
I never noticed that gars are.
@@JohnJames. You Bowfish Gars because its hard to set a hook in their mouth.
Really....... I guess you never look at the animals of Europe
You basically created a channel for my subconscious hopes and dreams - one that has weird cool animal facts and I can buy pretty wearable pictures of them that go to charity. Best thing ever!
betta fish breathe air from the surface too!! they have a labyrinth organ that helps them to do so. they even build little bubble nests with atmospheric air to lay their eggs in.
a lot do too, like gouramis
Dude this brought back memories from my beta
DOOOON'T EEEEEEAT GAAAAAR EEEEEEGGS!! DOOOON'T EEEEEEAT GAAAAAR EEEEEEGGS!
I can hear that in Hank's voice 😂😂😂
same!! and I can visualize his facial expression as he says that too.. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I need that tiktok
I love that Dr Solomon David is the source for every video, why am I not surprised!
Should we meme this now?
The "Steve" of _Bizarre Beasts_ ? Sorta?
The man won't rest until every living human loves and cherishes the gar.
What's his middle name, Goliath?
Saul?
Now I see why I get 6,000 bells for them!
Besides PBS Eons this is becoming rapidly my new favorite channel
If you're looking for others, check out Ben G. Thomas and Mothlight Media. Both great natural world / paleo channels.
Microcosm is a great PBS show. Hank's voice on those videos is so chill and fits the images so well.
@@Jesse__H Yes great recommendations! Henry The Paleoguy and Trey The Explainer are both fantastic too
@@Jesse__H The Thomas bros. like to creep you out with Uncanny Valley animations. Beware "The Seven Days of Science".
A low estimate of the total number of animal species alive today is 3 million. If we assume that the number of species that are bizarre enough is about 0.01% of the total, then we only need 25 years for all of them to have their own episode in Bizarre Beasts.
Except this episode covered 6 species (well only mentioned like 3)
It's less than 0.01%, since most are just slight variations of other common species
Does that figure count bacteria and tiny creatures like that?
Bettas have a labyrinthine organ to breath air, but I expect the gars are bettah at it.
All goerami fish can do that, they have longs that are a little similar to lizard lungs. Tilapia, Betta there are quit a few known fish belonging to the goerami familie.
I guess you too own a fishtank, lol!
"... to... isolated turtle hearts" [Pause in narration]
That color matching of the eye shadow with the coral on the blouse is on point.
Seriously.. let's get down to the brass tacks.
:D
I've read that bony fish originated in shallow slow moving water, and that air breathing is the default condition. Swim bladders are adapted from early lungs.
Are you sure you haven't got it backwards?
In spanish we call them pejelagarto (which is a mix of pez [fish] and lagarto [crocodile/lizard] ) They are the traditional food from Tabasco (a small state in southeast Mexico) 😜
Yall are on to something, it's amazing
Is it good with Tabasco sauce on it?
Is that where the hot sauce come from?
@@teronward7570 nah the sauce is made on a beautiful island called Avery Island in Louisiana but the first red chili peppers in Louisiana were brought in from tabasco so we called all red peppers Tabasco peppers. Avery island is very beautiful tho covered in alligator gars and yes they are pretty good to eat
Smoked alligator gar is pretty good and they also are made into patties and meatballs
I caught several young gar once, had never heard of them until that evening (I don't recall just why we were net-fishing off a point near the Biloxi Bridge, it was summer, there were uncles involved...)
Anyway they were SO NEAT to look at. Very shiny and silver and already almost a foot long. Their teeth were amazing to me, though I did have the good sense not to stick my finger in the water with them! Had no idea their eggs were poisonous OR that they could breathe air, but learning that now explains why they kept popping up to the top of our bucket. At the time I just thought they were really aggressive haha
We call gar “Po Boy Lobster” in my area. Name is pretty self explanatory.
In México we call them "pejelagarto"
Estaba a punto de comentar lo mismo, jajaj
Dr. David thanks for all the pretty fish!
Thanks so much for checking out the episode!
EDIT: I was mistaken about this; it's a totally different, similarly named fish that has green bones. Thanks to Connor Leech for pointing that out.
I can't believe there were enough weird things about the gar that you didn't even have to mention that it has green bones for it to qualify as a Bizarre Beast.
It turns out that it isn’t the gar that has green bones, but the garfish, which lives in Europe.
@@connorleech1819 Ah! I see how I made that mistake. Edited for clarity. Thank you.
Yeah I use to catch them all the time.... they have white bones alligator gars that is
Awwwh, you missed my favorite family of air-breathing fish, the Bichirs (bee-shure). They're relatively anatomically unchanged from the time when Africa and South America were still fused, make interesting pets, and have actually been successfully raised in moist terrestrial lab settings (on land, no water submersion) to demonstrate a possible model as to how fish could venture into being terrestrial. I love these "dinosaur eels" so much.
As a surfer, I am not too afraid of most fish, but the gar is one scary fish.
Gar fish are actually completely harmless to humans. Brave Wilderness has done a video with Gar fish experts who catch, tag, and release them. Not once did they bite or try to hurt them.
@@limalicious Thanks for the info. Luckily I live in so cal, so chances of me ever seeing on here is 0, and really it is just all the tea that that get me.
@@AlleyTrashBoards you're welcome! I'm personally interested in animal conservation, and I know that the gar, especially the alligator gar, is misjudged based on its appearance and suffers from it--they are slow to reach sexual maturity, so killing one is quite a blow to the breeding population when you have a gigantic fish that lives for 50 years. But these men had their faces right next to their mouth full of teeth, and not once did the fish even try to bite them. The only major movement was from the fish gulping in air. They're actually pretty fascinating animals.
@@limalicious you are a gentleman and a scholar. Ocean conservation is the reason I don’t eat seafood. I was vegan for a while, but now I eat small amounts of sustainably sourced meat. I feel sharks fall in that same category as well, sure there are actual attacks every now and then, but they are not “man eaters”. I am not really afraid of them.
So that’s what Skyrim / Elder Scrolls Slaughterfish are based on!
Fish question. How do they pull the water into their gills? I know with lungs it creates a vacuum, but how do fish that don't have to keep moving forward do it?
They can move their gill plates like you see them doing constantly, that pumps water through the gills. The fish that you talk about which need to keep moving to breath are mostly Cartilaginous fish like sharks, it is called ram ventilation.
Yes exactly. Also, if you see a fish sitting still and taking what looks like big gulps of water this pushes water through their gills.
Can't believe we get two bizarre beasts this month
I had no idea Gars were so bizarre! I was always scared of them growing up, but they're all over the lakes and rivers where I grew up
That's cuz they are freaking scary! It seems like they would totally attack a human?!? lol Where were these lakes and rivers?
@@bobsmith6544 Texas!
@@elihinze3161 Oh yeah I remember seeing Gars in Bob Hansler vids on YT. You should check him out if you haven't heard of him.
BB is one of my fave shows. I also love Sarah's unique voice. 😍😊
4:14: huh... so ichthyosaurus just means... fish lizard.... interesting lol
*Cocks pistol. Always has been.
Hi Sarah!
I've loved each and every episode you and Hank have put out for this channel. Keep 'em coming!
Side note: Do you have a link for the the top that you're wearing? I like it but can't make out the pattern and was hoping to get a closer look. Thanks!
Thank you so much!
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Betta Fish are also known to take gulps of air. Theyre known as labyrinth Fish and much like Gar consume air when not much is present in the water. They have an organ called a "Labyrinth Organ" that acts much like a lung. That little fish you see at the pet store is more like yourself than you thought! Treat em good and give them plenty of space to swim and explore!
The irony of me talking to my marine bio major friend on why are gars only found in the America's. yYesterday day this video pops up.
Great episode!!!!
Used to have a pair of Bichir. It was fun watching them explore the tank and occasionally gulp a bit of extra air. You gotta have a covered tank though because they are notorious jumpers.
I had an alligator gar as pet for about two years. Released it when it became too big for the aquarium.
My favorite gar is the Alligator gar.
Here in Arkansas, Gar are a pretty common swamp fish. Due to the abundance of local rivers and lakes, they are a somewhat common sight if you go fishing in the right areas. Hard to prepare for eating, but it is pretty tasty when cooked right.
All anabantoids do this as well. That's why bettas, gouramis and their relatives are somewhat more easy to keep than other freshwater fish. But they don't have poisonous eggs, so gars win that round. :D
Thanks for this video
I have just been enjoying this channel more and more lately. Maybe because I’ve been reading those Ed Yong books.
But it’s just fun way to get a snapshot at these really extreme examples of unique creatures
I should add I appreciate how organized and concise the presentation is. I’m not going to check any of this against anything.. but I feel it’s okay to trust it.
The video I watched about orcas before this was… questionable. I did not subscribe lol
I was snorkeling in the atchafalaya swamp cuz the water was ridiculously clear that summer and i saw so many colossal alligator gars down in the depths
i crave the forbidden omelette
Good presentation. Informative
Gar fish are fun to catch, actually quite tasty, and extremely hard to clean.
I use a cordless skill saw to get through the scales.
Thanks to Brave Wilderness, I know that gar are not aggressive to humans.
No, but they absolutely will try to bite and slash at you if you grab hold of one.
We used to hook a lot of gars while trout-fishing in northern Louisiana's Oachita River. We always threw them back.
Great channel and I love the host.
Betta fish also have air bladders, can breath air when need be, and live in warm, shallow, and low oxygenated waters.
Never heard of or seen these fish before...very cool
Before this I didn't know why my pet gar bit the air every once in a while
I learned about gar from some friends that go bow fishing as a hobby. Apparently they're a somewhat common target, along with carp.
Learned about Dr. Solomon David from the NANFA (North American Native Fish Association) website, a must for native fish enthusiasts.
i love this channel
I only heard of few of these thanks
I own one and it is always cool to see it come up for air
Strangely enough, I've found most fish do occasionally take a breath at the surface, like bettas or guppies.
2:20 Pretty sure warm water holds less oxygen than cold water, that probably explains it
Bettas can also breathe air
@@rattyeely right, but I’ve seen other fish besides labyrinth fish take a little breath
We have gars here in North Florida. Every lake, and a long slough near my home.
Turtle hearts keeo beating well after removal from the body. We removed a heart from an Alligator Snapping Turtle, and was beating the next day! 😳
It's kind of crazy the first time you see your weather loaches in your aquarium gulp surface air and proceed to fart.
gars are somehow showing up everywhere on my feed recently woot
Can you do a video on the barrel eye, it is my favorite animal and most people don’t know of it.
I love gars and now they are even more cool!!
I saw mudskippers in north western Australian
Hank Greens tik tok brought me to this channel. This episode specifically
So we can’t get a gar pin anymore? Didn’t see any available on the website
On air breathing fish, gourami and Siamese fighting fish also breath air, and it means that you have to be careful when using certain products in your aquarium because it can coat their gills and make it much harder for them to get oxygen
Quite a lot of fish breath air to some degree.
Interesting. Found the information intriguing. Who knew? Also liked the presenter, is she a High School Science teacher, perhaps? Well done.
i already liked gars but now i like them more, i didn’t know they had superpowers
I remember the walking fish from some show called wild world I think had a Australian accented talking globe. Or mabey it was a fevor dream.
@echovermont has a few longnose gar that are just vibing in a tank. had no idea that these guys are secretly so weird
"pinclub subcriptions.."
Me : next video >>
Sorry it becomes a habbit, im bingewatching this channel
I have an albino Bicher in my community tank. He's a character, I love him
Bettas, Gouramis and other anabatoids: Am I a joke to you?!
All impressive fishes, they don't have the armored scales or poisonous eggs though ;)
@@SolomonRDavid Wait, Aren't you an ichthyologist specialized in gars? I think I follow you on Twitter.
Gar is often considered a "garbage fish" meaning its gross to eat, but many people down here in the south eat gar. There are methods that start with how you dispatch and clean the fish, then how you cook it and season it. I know many people around here that can make gar delicious and you would never know you were eating a "trash fish".
We have Gar fish of the south coast of the UK and they look very similar , are they related ?
This fish is soooo cooool!! Thank you for teaching me about them, I am now a Gar stan!!
Also... Don't BOOP the SNOOT!!🤣
This explains how you can find gigantic gar down here in Mississippi in some of the nastiest stagnant bodies of water.
Some of the reservoirs here will close their spillways in the summer which leads the river the dam drains to drying up for a mile or two just behind the spillway. This leaves fish high and dry and they quickly die. Not gar though. I have seen them survive for days out of the water if they can fine a shade spot out of the sun.
I feel like there being fish that breathe air was common knowledge
Oh my gar!
That's a really neat shirt!
Cool fish
You should do a video, if u haven't already, on Arapaima, or Pirarucu (how we locals call it). It's a huge fish, bigger than the alligator gar and it's also known to emerge from the waters to breathe.
I've seen a 300lb alligator gar
Genuine question! Hopefully someone can answer I havent found it googling. I thought the Air Bladder in Gar and Arrowana was separate from their buoyancy Swim Bladder o: Are there 2 different organs with different functions or does their Swim Bladder work to serve both functions for breathing and buoyancy? 💗 loving the friendliness and curiosity in the comment sections on these videos! Hope everybody is having a good day!
In general air bladders and swim bladders should be the same, unless there's an exception for gars :D
So cool
You could make a video about Erpetoichtys calabaricus - also a breaths air and is older then dinosaurs
Or go in depths with bichir :)
i love that i just so happened to have been following the gar scientist at the end on twitter for a bit now. just thought it was funny.
Florida: Even our fish are alligators!
I live in a place that has a couple kinds of gar, one is the alligator gar. They're beautiful from a distance. Terrifying to discover swimming under you at the lake.
Any chance of us getting gar stickers in the future?
amazing
Bizarre Beasts, there are plenty of Air breathing fish in the aquarium trade. Siamese Fighting fish ( bettas they are called)_ and corys (the cutest bottom feeders ) are two examples. They have to come up to surface about every 15 to 30 mins to take a breath of air to augment the oxygen in their systems.
I remember alligator gar from an episode of River Monsters. He proved they weren't dangerous to humans by swimming with them, mostly because way too many people think alligator gar will attack you like an alligator.
lol I'm a Floridian, I know Gars very well, they can get massive in little rivers.... and they are very scary...
Wow!
Those pins are gargeous!
One day at my creek i was washing my hands and face, suddenly i heard this weird inhale, next thing i know, i see this big gar swim right in front of me.
That was the day i learned gars breathe air.
Gars even look prehistoric, with their ichthyosaur-like jaws.
Cool. I love betta fish and arapaima who both have air breathing organs!
I was turned into a Gar Fan by Brad Matsen and Ray Troll's book "Planet Ocean"
What does a PIRATE VERSION of these fish say?
_"GARRRRRRR!"_
{I'll see myself to the door...😊}
I live near one of the dams on the Missouri River and have seen people bowfish for gar, catfish, and paddlefish; I can confirm that they get really big.
They get massive on the Missouri up by Gavins Point Dam. I've had a run in with one while fishing with my uncle that led to unfavorable results for me 😂😂
@@beas7ea603 You from Yankton? I've got some relatives there. Gavin's Point dam is indeed what I was talking about.
Alligator Gar are literally in my back yard. Good eating though. I am always amazed that a living fossil is right by me.