The “Fishy Fishers” Blog

Today, we did many exciting activities including cleaning tank, watching bat activities, video conferences, and watching a movie. I will be explaining about video conferences. Computer video communicating is useful in many ways. For example, if your friend moved away, you could talk to them over the computer or scientists in different parts of the world can communicate about their studies. Today we separated into two groups and went into different rooms with set up computers. One person in one room talks to another person in the other room. We asked questions to the other person. It was very fun. This is what I did in camp today.

Here are some photos of the Arowana fish:

     Pufferfish are fish who puff out when they get scared. There are different names for the Pufferfish, including Blowfish, Glowfish, and Bubblefish. Here are some photos of Pufferfish:

Pufferfish swimming

Porcupine Puffer spitting

     Arowanas are long, eel-like fish which can grow up to four feet. There are six different species of Arowana.  Some of these include the African, Silver, Black, and Asian Arowana.

     The Pacu fish, also known as the Colossoma brachypomus, is a big fish which originates from the Upper Amazon River and can live up to ten years of age. It is a cousin of the Piranah or the Pygocentrus nattereri. The Pacu, who can grow up to thirty inches as an adult, is a natural herbivore but can eat small fish and shrimp.

 

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Here are some photos of the Pacu fish: