Garology (LONG CUTE ANCIENT PATIENT BOOPABLE NIGHTMARE FISH) Encore for GAR WEEK with Dr. Solomon David
Aquatic ecologist, gar expert and Garologist Dr. Solomon David is pictured seated on a fishing boat in a river or lake. He is smiling toward camera and wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses. He is also holding an enormous 6 foot fish olive green fish with a log snout.
November 6-12 is GAR WEEK! What is a gar, you ask: Picture: A long snout. Hundreds of teeth. Scales that could slice you. Should we fear it? Should we hug it? One of the world’s most passionate and knowledgeable experts on this ancient, mysterious fish joins to make you fall in love with these slimy longbois. Dr. Solomon David is affable, charming, enthusiastic and absolutely shameless when it comes to fish puns. Slip into some hip waders and jump in the muck to learn all about a creature that -- despite decades of mudslinging -- is not a gar-bage fish. Also: why gar caviar is a hella bad idea.
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A donation went to Ranger Rick, part of the National Wildlife Federation
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Editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris, and Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions
Transcripts by Emily White of The Wordary
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
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