Jun 1, 2009

SFG: FISH


Ladies and Gentlemen....the fish-a-puss..
Early fishermen and sailors often told tales of seeing strange beasts during their long trips at sea. Famed among these fabled sightings, was talk of the man faced fish that trapped food in with his long natural mustache whiskers. Whilst smocking a pipe stuffed with kelp and chunks of natural corral.

It was originally called a "BRISTLY FISH", but in 1673 the French oceanongrapher REMY LA AQUAVELVA named this fish the "poissons de moustache",or "Fish with Mustache. Sightings of these creatures of the blue have all but vanished in recent years...
To a point where modern fish nomenclature tells us that its uncommon for a fish to have facial hair. But this is truly a rare and fascinating fish.

Indeed a most bountiful moustache of the deep.

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4 comments:

Ian Summers said...

Nice work!

GOGOPEDRO said...

Thanks Ian..

Tomas Bjornsson said...

I wonder what he's got in that pibe? He looks a bit like a beatroot or a carrot. Love the fact that he has got ears - does he get water in his ears, i hete when i get water in my ears - Greate little drawing though

GOGOPEDRO said...

Thanks TOMAS...Yeah he smokes kelp, and the odd bit of coral.

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