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Old 05-27-2011, 08:46 AM   #7
dos ballenas
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Great report Larry! Looks like you're up to your usual antics! Keep up the good work!

That isopod is pretty cool. I find them in tuna stomachs a lot when the tuna are foraging in close proximity to kelp paddies... below is some more info on the critters...

http://www.wallawalla.edu/academics/..._resecata.html

I think the tuna and other fish pick these things out of the kelp when other prey is scarce. I find them in stomachs that are usually empty except for the isopods. Tuna and other ifsh eat all kinds of crazy things. Everytime I open a tuna stomach I find something new... it makes me wonder why they care to eat flylined sardines...

Cool find Scally! I would have loved to see that stomach... every stomach is different. I have always wondered if the fish eat the squid eggs... it would make sense to me as they are like "super food" IMO... keep up the hard wok guys!
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